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EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



The object of these Questions is to promote a know- 
ledge of the New Testament, as a whole. According to 
the usual plan of studying the books of the Bible, few 
pupils, if any, have time to pass through the sacred vo- 
lume, and, consequently, most of them fail to secure con- 
nected and comprehensive views of sacred history, and 
of the complete record of inspiration. 

Question-books, upon any principal book of the New 
Testament, usually occupy a class from one to two years. 
Teachers who conduct classes through them, in most 
instances, even then feel that only the surface has been 
passed over ; yet, during the time devoted to one book, 
numerous changes usually take place in the class. 
Some of its members remove to other places, some are 
promoted to be teachers, and others perhaps are re- 
moved by death. How much time would be required 
to pass through the whole Bible in this way, and how 
much greater changes would transpire to both teacher 
and scholars, during its lapse J So much, indeed, that 
few, if any, ever accomplish it. In view of such facts, it 
is deemed important to have a series of Questions on 



4 PREFACE. 

the New Testament, and another on the Old, neither of 
which will necessarily occupy a class more than a year 

The first great object these books are designed to 
secure is, the consecutive heading of the word of God, 
with such attention on the part of the reader as may 
enable him to pass an examination upon the subject 
and language of each section as he progresses. 

Growing out of this, several important results may 
be attained by each scholar, e. g., — 

1. A general acquaintance with Scripture language, 
oriental figures, and modes of expression. 

2. A connected idea of Scripture history. 

3. A wise understanding of the moral and spiritual 
lessons Scripture is designed to teach. 

A conviction that a general and radical change should 
be made in the manner of studying the Scriptures in 
our Sunday-schools and Bible-classes, induces us to 
present the subject more at length in this connection. 
When only a few verses of Scripture are studied each 
week, the connection of facts is almost wholly lost sight 
of. This consideration is offset against the objection, 
that with long lessons it is impossible to be thorough. 

While it may be admitted that each different mode 
of study has its special advantages, it will be obvious 
that verbal criticism and speculative inquiry upon texts 
are by no means so important to the mass of Bible 
students as more general and comprehensive studies. 
But, even if the object were to make the most thorough. 
Biblical scholars, it would still be important for them 
first to take a general survey of the subject, before ea.- 



PREFACE. 6 

tering into minute textual study. Clear general ideas 
should first be obtained, as a frame-work upon which 
only, particular knowledge can be accumulated and pre- 
served to advantage. 

Suppose, for example, a foreigner should visit the city 
of New- York, for the purpose of obtaining an accurate 
and complete knowledge of its localities and condition : 
what would be his proper course ? To commence at 
the Battery. — where he would land, — and carefully in- 
spect each building, from top to bottom, as he went ; and 
thus proceed through the town no faster than he could 
examine in detail 1 Or, would he first pass up and 
down the great thoroughfares and principal streets of 
the city, in order to obtain a general idea of its loca- 
tion and plan, first; and afterward examine in detail, as 
he might deem important? The objector might say, 
that such a cursory view of the city would be superficial ; 
nevertheless it is indispensable, in order to understand 
the work upon which he enters, and without it his 
knowledge would be confused and unsatisfactory. 

So in studying the Bible, the student should, at first, 
pass through the book, observing and examining all he 
can, but especially endeavoring to acquire a compre- 
hensive idea of its plan, and the connection of its parts. 
Then he may turn to the study of the several books 
with minuteness, and be prepared to receive from them 
the greatest benefit. Corresponding to this view, the 
present book of Questions is planned. A similar one, 
on the Old Testament, will also be prepared. 

For lack of such a volume as the present^ it h^s be- 



6 PREFACE. 

come a common practice in adult classes to make no 
use of question-books, but to take the simple text, and 
ask such questions as may be suggested to the mind of 
the teacher. There are objections to this course, arising 
from the fact, that few teachers devote sufficient time to 
the preparation of such a lesson. Unprofitable discus- 
sions arise upon unimportant portions of the Scripture ; 
wrong views may be taken, and difficulties be passed 
over, or be left unexplained, and thus become occasions 
of stumbling to members of the class. By the question- 
book, when properly prepared, the intentioi *>f revelation 
is suggested, a proportionate importance is attached to 
the different portions of Scripture, the difficulties occur- 
ring, with their proper explanations, are noted, and the 
minds of the teacher and pupils are kept to the subject, 
and restrained from too discursive wanderings. We 
trust, therefore, that this volume will meet with accept- 
ance on the part of those who have felt the need of 
something else besides the ordinary question-books. 

PLAN OF THE WOEK. 

In the first place, questions are asked upon the text, 
and are to be answered by the reading or repetition of 
the verses including the answer. These questions are 
intended to be as comprehensive as possible, and but a 
few are asked upon each chapter. At the close of the 
chapter, a number of questions are asked, the answers 
of which are not to be found in the text itself, but are . 
drawn from it by inference, or may be found in any 
commentary or Bible dictionary. Some of these ques- 



PREFACE. 7 

tions may require a little thought and study. This will 
make the previous examination of the lesson necessary, 
and add the more interest to the recitation. No one 
can hope to become acquainted with the Scriptures with- 
out careful and continued study. 

The teacher, in commencing the use of this hook, 
would do well to make an estimate of the number of 
chapters it may be necessary to take at a lesson, in order 
to finish the book in any specified time. For instance, 
if it is his purpose to finish the book in a year, it will be 
necessary to take, on an average, five chapters each 
week. At the rate of ten chapters each week, the same 
ground may be passed over in six months. "We would 
not, in any case, recommend more than five chapters for 
any one recitation. If, however, a class of adult persons 
could meet twice or three times per week, they could 
make still greater progress. 

THE WAY THIS VOLUME SHOULD BE USED. 

The teacher will find it indispensable to examine the 
allotted lesson before he presents himself to the class. 
In the first place, the Bible questions in each chapter 
should be asked ; then the indirect questions, printed in 
smaller type ; and after this the teacher should strive, 
by appropriate queries, to make such practical applica- 
tions of the revealed truth as the passages passed over 
may suggest. It will be seen, at once, that no small 
part of the success of this volume will depend upon the 
co-operation of the teacher. The questions in this book 
will lead him to a proper exposition of the words of the 



8 PREFACE. 

Bible; but the immediate and solemn application of 
them to the heart of pupils will depend, under the Holy 
Spirit, upon his faithfulness. 

In order to profit most by the study of the Scriptures 
on this plan, the student should have at hand a com- 
mentary, a defining dictionary, and a Biblical diction- 
ary. The Bible Scholar's Manual and the Jewish Na- 
tion will also be useful for reference ; the former being 
repeatedly referred to in the course of the questions. 

We humbly, and hopefully, ask the blessing of God 
upon this new effort to open the precious Bible to the 
eyes and hearts of those who may be made by it u wise 
unto salvation." 

New- York, 1849. 



QUESTIONS 

OX 

THE NEW TESTAMENT. 



MATTHEW. 

Chap. I, 1-17. Whose genealogy is here given? 
18-25. Who was the mother of Jesus? 

Who announced his birth ? 

Why was the name Jesus given to him ? 

Of what use is this genealogy ? 

What is the meaning of Christ ? 

What is meant by espoused! 

Why was Jesus called Emmanuel? 

What can you relate of the author of this book, 
and the occasion of its being written ? See 
Bible Scholars Manual, pp. 206. 207. 

Chap. II, 1-8. Where was the Saviour born ? 
In whose reiern ? 
Who came seeking him ? 
What had induced them to make this 

journey ? 
What did Herod do ? 
What answer did he receive ? 
9-12. What again appeared, as the wise men 

left Jerusalem ? 
Where did the star finally stand ? 



10 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

What did the wise men then do ? 
Did they carry word to Herod ? 
13-15. Who appeared to Joseph? 
What did he command him ? 
How long did he remain there ? 
16-18. What did Herod do, when he found 
the wise men had returned home without 
giving him word ? 
19-23. Upon Herod's death what was Jo- 
seph commanded to do ? 
Why did he not go into Judea ? 
Where did he go ? 
Where was Bethlehem, and for what had it heen 

celebrated ? 
Who were these wise men ? 
What was this star ? 
Why was Herod troubled by the coming of the 

wise men ? 
Who were the first martyrs for Christ's sake ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-6. Who began in these days to 
preach ? 

Where did he preach ? 

What was the subject of his discourses ? 

What is said of his food and raiment ? 

Whom did he baptize ? 
7-12. What persons did John severely re- 
buke? 

Why? 

Whose coming did he proclaim ? 
13-17. For what purpose did Jesus come 
from Galilee ? 

What answer did John make to him ? 

What happened as Jesus went up out of 
the water ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 11 

What is meant by these days, in the first verse 1 

What by the vAlderness ofJudea ? 

What information can you give about the locusts 

John ate ? 
Who were the Pharisees and Sadducees ? See B. S. 

Manual, p. 130. 
What was the fan mentioned in the twelfth verse ? 
Why did Jesus seek the baptism of John ? 

Chap. IV, 1-11. What happened to Jesus soon 
after his baptism ? 
How long did he fast ? 
Who then came to him ? 
What was the first temptation ? 
How did Jesus meet it ? 
What the second, and what did Jesus an- 
swer ? 
What was the third, and what did he say- 
to the tempter ? 
Who came to him after the devil left ? 
12-17. What happened to John? 
Where did Jesus go ? 
Where did he reside ? 
What did Jesus begin to preach ? 
18-22. Who were the first two disciples Je- 
sus called ? 
What other two did he soon after call ? 
23-25. How did Jesus spend his time in Gali- 
lee ? 
Who were brought to him, and what did he 

do to them ? 
Who followed him ? 

How do you suppose Satan appeared to Jesus ? 
What is meant by the holy city ? 
What by the pinnacle of the temple ? 



12 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

What is meant by Galilee of the Gentiles? 
Where was Galilee % Where Decapolis ? 

Chap. V, 1-12. Where did Jesus go when he 

saw the multitude that surrounded him ? 

What did he do there ? 

What eight characters did he declare to be 

blessed ? 

13-16. What did he say his disciples were 

like, and how did he counsel them ? 
17-20. For what purpose had Jesus come ? 
What did he say in reference to the com- 
mandments ? 
What as to their righteousness ? 
21-26. How does he explain the sixth com- 
mandment ? 
27-32. How does he explain the seventh? 
33-37. What injunction does he give in re- 
ference to unnecessary oaths ? 
38-42. How are we to treat those that injure 

us? 
43-48. Whom are we to love ? 

What is this sermon sometimes called? 

What is the meaning of Raca? 

Does the injunction against swearing forbid legal 

oaths ? 
Who were publicans ? 

Chap. VI, 1-8. In what way are we to give 
alms ? 
What is said in reference to prayer ? 
9-15. What model for prayer does the Sa- 
viour give ? 
What does he say in reference to the for- 
giveness of trespasses ? 



QUESTIONS OX MATTHEW. 13 

16-18. What counsels does the Saviour give 

in reference to fasting ? 
19-24. What in reference to worldly riches? 
Where should we lay up treasure ? 
What reasons does the Saviour give for 

this ? 
25-34. What illustrations does he give of the 

providence of God ? 
In view of this, what counsels does he give 

in reference to our future wants ? 
What should be our first business ? 
What were synagogues ? See B. S. Manual. 
Of what were the wails of many Eastern houses 

made ? • 
What is meant by the eye being single ? 
"What by mammon? 
How much was a cubit f 
With what were ovens often heated in the East? 

See B. S. Manual. 

Chap. VII, 1-6. What does Jesus say in refer- 
ence to rash judgments ? 
7-11. What encouragement does he offer to 
prayer ? 
What illustration does he give of God's 
readiness to answer ? 
12-14. How should we treat our fellow-men ? 
What two gates and ways does the Saviour 
describe ? 
15-20. How can we discover a false prophet, 

or bad man ? 
21-29. Who will be disappointed of an en- 
trance into the kingdom of God ? 
To whom does the Saviour liken the hearers 
merelv, and the doers of the word ? 



14 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW 

Who are meant by dogs and swine, in the sixth 

verse ? 
What by that which is holy, and your pearls ? 
What is the meaning of I never knew you ? 
Who were the scribes ? 

Chap. VIII, 1-4. What miracle did the Saviour 
perform when he came down from the 
mountain ? 

5-13. What remarkable exhibition of faith 
was given by a centurion ? 

What did Jesus do for his servant ? 
14-17. What did he do for Peter's mother? 

Who were brought to him in the evening ? 

What prophecy did this fulfill ? 
18-22. What offer did a scribe make to 
Jesus ? 

What answer did he give him ? 

What request did a disciple make, and what 
answer did he receive? 
23-27. What happened when Jesus and his 
disciples had embarked upon the sea? 

What miracle did he perform ? 
28-34. What two persons met him as he en- 
tered the country of the Gergesenes ? 

What did the devils say to him, and what 
did they request ? 

What then took place ? 

How was the city affected by the transac- 
tion ? 

What account can you give of the leprosy ? F >q 
B. S. Manual. 

What was a centurion ? 

What is meant by let the dead bury their deadf 



QUESTIONS Otf MATTHEW. 15 

On which side of the Sea of Galilee was the coun- 
try of the Gergesenes? 

What is meant by being possessed tvith devils ? See 
B. S. Manual. 

How were Eastern tombs made ? 

Chap. IX, 1-8. Where did Jesus then go ? 

What miracle did he perform on a man sick 
of the palsy ? 
9. Whom did Jesus call from the receipt of 

custom ? 
10-13. As Jesus was eating with the com- 
pany in Matthew's house, what fault was 
found with him ? 
What answer did he make ? 
14-17. What question did the disciples of 
John ask him ? 
How did Jesus answer them ? 
18-26. What request did the ruler Jairus 
make? 
What cure did he effect on a diseased wo- 
man, as he went to the ruler's house ? 
What did he then do for the young maid ? 
27-31. What miracle did he perform upon 

two blind men ? 
32-34. What upon a dumb man, possessed 

with a devil ? 
35-38. How was the Saviour affected by the 
multitude that surrounded him ? What 
did he say to his disciples ? 
What is meant by his own city, in the first verse ? 
Why did they say Jesns blasphemed, when he healed 

the palsied man ? 
What formed an Eastern bed ? 
What was the receipt of custom ? 



16 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

What were Eastern bottles made of? 
What was a ruler? 

What is meant by the hem of the garment ? 
How were funeral services conducted ? See B. S. 
Manual. 

Chap. X, 1-15. What power didJesus give his 
twelve disciples ? 

What were their names ? 

Whither did Jesus send them, and for what 
purpose ? 

What provision were they to make for 
themselves? 

How were they to conduct themselves ? 
16-42. What counsels and promises did the 
Saviour give them, in reference to their 
mission ? 

Who were the Samaritans ? 

For what purpose was the girdle used 1 

What the scrip ? 

What is meant by if the house be worthy ? 

Who was Beelzebub ? 

What is meant by " that preach ye upon the house- 
tops V 3 

What by " he that taketh not his cross V 1 

Chap. XI, 1-6. Where did Jesus go when he 
had sent away his disciples ? 
Of what had John heard ? 
What inquiry did he send by two disciples 

to Jesus ? 
What did Jesus tell them to relate to John ? 
7-15. When they were gone, what did he 

say about John ? 
16-24. To whom did he liken that generation, 



QUESTIONS OX MATTHEW. 17 

in its treatment of himself and John the 
Baptist ? 

What solemn woes did he pronounce upon 
the cities where he had chiefly labored ? 
25-30. For what did he render thanks to the 
Father ? 

What power and knowledge had he ? 

What invitations, accompanied with pro- 
mises, does he give ? 

What is meant by he that should come y in the third 
verse 1 

Who is meant by Elias ? 

What was sackcloth ? 

What is the meaning of John's <; neither eating 
nor drinking 1 ," and Jesus' i; eating and drink- 
ing?" * 

Who are meant by the wise and prudent ? 

Who by babes f What is the Saviour's yoke ? 

Chap. XII, 1-8. What did the disciples of Je- 
sus do on the Sabbath-day ? 
What did the Pharisees say ? 
How did the Saviour defend them ? 
9-13. Whither did he go from thence ? 
Who was there on this occasion ? 
What question did the Pharisees ask him ? 
How did Jesus answer them ? 
What did he then do for the palsied man ? 
14-21. What course did the Pharisees then 
take? 
What did Jesus do ? 
What prophecy did he fulfill in this ? 
22-30. What did he do for a possessed per- 
son ? 

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18 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

How were the people affected by the mira- 
cle? 

What did the Pharisees say ? 

What answer did Jesus make them ? 
31, 32. What sin is unpardonable? 
33-37. From whence doth all good and evil 
spring ? 

For what shall we be called to give an ac- 
count in the day of judgment ? 
38-45. What sign did Jesus give to the Pha- 
risees ? 

What does he say of the men of Nineveh ? 

What of the queen of the south ? 

Under what figure does he. show the per- 
versity of that generation ? 
46-50. Who came while he was talking ? 

Who did he say were his mother and his 
brethren ? 

Was it because the corn was taken without liberty 
that the Pharisees blamed the disciples ? 

What kind of labor only is lawful on the Sabbath 1 

Can we commit the unpardonable sin now ? 

Who was Jonas, and what can you tell about his 
history ? 

Where was Nineveh/? 

Who is meant by the queen of the South? 

How may we become a brother or sister to Jesus ? 

Chap. XIII, 1-23. Where did Jesus go, and 

take his seat ? 
Who listened to him ? 
Where did he say the seeds of the sower 

fell, and what happened to them? 
What reason did he give for speaking in 

parables ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW, 19 

How did the Saviour explain the parable 
of the sower ? 
24-30. Relate the parable of the tares. 
31-32. To what did he liken the kingdom of 

heaven ? 
33-35. What was the parable of the leaven? 
36-43. How did Jesus explain the parable 

of the tares ? 
44-52. What was the parable of the hid 
treasure ? 
What of the pearl of great price ? 
What of the net ? 
What of the householder ? 
53-58. Where did Jesus go from the sea- 
side? 
What did he do there ? 
How was he received by the people ? 
What did Jesus say to them ? 
~ Why did he not perform mighty works 
among them ? 
What is a parable 1 

What is meant .by the kingdom of heaven? 
What can you tell about the Eastern mustard- 
plant ? See B. S. Manual. 
How much was a measure ? 

Who is meant by every scribe, in the fifty-second 
verse % 

Chap. XIV, 1-12. What had Herod heard at 
this time ? 
Whom did he suppose Jesus to be ? 
W'hat was the occasion of the death of John 
the Baptist ? 
13-21. What did Jesus do when he heard of 
it? 



20 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

How was he affected by the multitude that 
followed him ? 

What miracle did he perform to feed them ? 

22-33. After the multitude had eaten, what 

did Jesus command his disciples to do ? 

For what purpose did he remain behind ? 

What happened on the sea that night ? 
34-36. Where did they now come? 

What miracles did he work there ? 

What was a tetrarch ? 

What Herod was this 2 

When was the fourth watch? See B. S. Manual. 

Chap. XV, 1-9. What question did the scribes 

and Pharisees put to Jesus ? 
What merited rebuke did he administer, in 

return ? 
10-20. What is it denies the man? 

How did the disciples say the Pharisees 

were affected by the rebuke he gave 

them? 
What answer did he make ? 
How did he expound the parable he had 

just delivered ? 
21-28. Where did Jesus go from thence ? 
What request did a woman of Canaan 

make? 
Relate what followed. 
29-39. Whither did Jesus now return ? 
What happened on a mountain ? 
What great miracle did he perform to feed 

them? 
Where did he then go ? 
What is meant by the traditions of the elders? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 21 

What by let him die the death ? 
What by It is a gift ? 
Who is meant by a woman of Canaan ? 
Where were Tyre and Sidon ? 
WTiere was Magdala ? 

Chap. XVI, 1-12, What did the Sadducees 

and Pharisees desire Jesus to show 

them? 
What answer did he make them ? 
What had the disciples forgotten to take ? 
Of what did Jesus bid them beware ? 
What did they think he meant ? 
What did he therefore say to them ? 
13-20. Where did he now come ? 

What question did he ask his disciples 

here? 
What answer did they make ? 
What did he further inquire ? 
What did Simon Peter say ? 
What reply did Jesus make to this ? 
21-23. What did he now begin to show to 

his disciples ? 
What did Peter do ? 
How did Jesus rebuke him ? 
24-28. What is it necessary to do, in order to 

be a disciple of Christ ? 
What solemn questions does he ask ? 
What does he say of the coming of the 

Son of man ? 
What of some of them standing there ? 
What is the meaning of tempting, in the first verse ! 
What of a sign from heaven ? 
Where was Caesarea Philippi ? 
What is the meaning of Bar-jona 9 



22 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW, 

On what was the Church to be built, — on Peter, or 
upon the doctrine he had declared respecting 
Christ? 

What is meant by the keys of the kingdom of 
heaven ? 

What by their power of binding and loosing ? 

What -event is referred to in the last verse ? 



Chap. XVII, 1-13. What did Jesus do after 
six days ? 

What then occurred ? 

Who appeared ? 

What did Peter say ? 

What happened while he was speaking ? 

How were the disciples affected ? 

What then transpired ? 

Whom did the Saviour give them to under- 
stand was the Elias promised as the fore- 
runner of the Messiah ? 
14-21. What request did the father of a 
lunatic son make to Jesus ? What did 
he say and do ? 

What answer did he give the disciples, when 
they inquired why they had not been 
able to heal this lunatic ? 
22-27. What did he say was about to hap- 
pen to him? 

Who came to Peter when they reached 
Capernaum ? 

What did they ask him, and what did he 
answer ? . 

What did Jesus say to Peter ? 

How did he obtain the money to pay the 
tribute ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 23 

What is meant by transfigured? 

Why, think you, were Moses and Elias in this 

amazing scene 1 
Can you think of any important truths taught by 

the transfiguration ? 
For what purpose was this tribute money used ? 
How did Jesus know the money was in the fish's 

mouth ? 



Chap. XVIII, 1-6. How did Jesus teach his 
disciples humility ? 

7-20. What does he say in reference to 

offenses ? 
What self-denying counsels does he give ? 
Whom should they not despise, and why ? 
For what purpose had the Son of man 

come ? 
Bv what beautiful parable does he illustrate 

'this? 
How should an offending brother be treated ? 
What encouragement does he give for united 

prayer ? 

21-35. What answer did he give to Peter, 

when he inquired how many times he 

should forgive his brother ? 
By what parable did he enforce the duty 

of forgiveness ? 
What kind of a kingdom were the disciples of 

Jesus expecting? 
What did the Saviour mean by cutting off the hand, 

and plucking out the eye ? 
How can Jesus be present when two or three are 

gathered in various parts of the earth, at the 

same time ? 
How much is a talent % 



24 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

Chap. XIX, 1-12. Where did Jesus go from 

Galilee ? 
With what question did the Pharisees 

tempt him ? 
What answer did he make them ? 
13-15. Who were brought to him ? 
What did he say and do to them ? 
16-22. Relate the account of the interview 

between Jesus and the young man that 

inquired what good thing he should do 

to have eternal life. 
23-30. What did Jesus say, as he went away 

sorrowful ? 
What question did the disciples then ask 

him? 
How did he answer ? 
What did he say of those that left all for 

his sake ? 
What is meant by beyond Jordan ? 
What by it is easier for a camel to go through the eye 

of a needle? 
What by in the regeneration ? 
What by many that are first shall be last, &c. % 

Chap. XX, 1-16. Relate the parable of the 
householder and the laborers in his vine- 
yard. 
17—19. What did Jesus say as he went on to 

Jerusalem ? 
20-28. For what did the mother of Zebedee's 
children petition? 
What did Jesus say in answer ? 
How did he subdue the indignation of the 
disciples against these young brethren ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 25 

29-34. What did two blind men do, as he 
passed by ? 
What miracle did Jesus perform on them ? 
What did the Saviour intend to teach by the 

parable of the laborers in the vineyard 1 
When did the Jewish day commence ? See B. S. 

Manual. 
When was the third hour ? 
When the ninth ? 
When the eleventh ? 
When did the day close ? 
What is meant by are ye able to drink of the cup^ 

and be baptized with the baptism, &c. *? 
What was the end of these young men 3 

Chap. XXI, 1-1 V. As they drew near Jerusa- 
lem, for what purpose did Jesus send 
two of his disciples forward ? 

How did he enter Jerusalem ? 

What did Jesus do in the temple ? 

What did he do for the blind and the 
lame ? 

How were the chief priests and scribes 
affected by this ? 

What answer did Jesus make them ? 
18-22. Where did he lodge at night? 

What did he do to a fig-tree that he met 
in the morning ? 

What did Jesus say when he saw that the 

disciples were astonished at the miracle ? 

23-27. When the chief priests demanded by 

what authority he taught in the temple, 

what answer did he give ? 

Why was it difficult to answer the ques- 
tion of Jesus ? 



26 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

What did they say, and what said Jesus ? 
28-46. Relate the parable of the two sons, 
sent to work in the vineyard. 

What moral did Jesus draw from it ? 

What was the parable of the householder 
who planted a vineyard ? 

What moral did Jesus attach to this para- 
ble? 

How were the Pharisees affected by these 
parables ? 

Where was Bethphage % 

Where the Mount of Olives ? 

What was the name of the village over against 
Bethphage ? See second verse. 

Why did they spread their garments in the way ? 

Why were there tables for money-changers, and 
for the sale of doves, in the temple ? 

Chap. XXII, 1-14. Relate the parable of the 
marriage feast. 
What is its short, but solemn, moral ? 
15-22. For what purpose did the Pharisees 
take counsel ? 
What question did they ask him ? 
W T hat did Jesus say in return ? 
Did they try to entangle him again ? 
23-33. In what did the Sadducees disbelieve ? 
What question did they put to Jesus ? 
What answer did he make ? 
How did he assert the doctrine of the re- 
surrection ? 
34-40. What question did a lawyer ask him ? 

What answer did Jesus give ? 
41-46. What question did Jesus ask the 
Pharisees ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 27 

How did they answer ? 
What did he then say ? 
Did any one answer him ? 

Were wedding garments prepared for all the in- 
vited guests at ancient feasts ? 

Who were the Herodians % See B. S. Manual. 

Who is meant by Cesar ? 

What was this tribute money 1 ? 

Who were the Sadducees ? See B. S. Manual. 

Can you answer the question in the forty-fifth 
verse 1 



Chap. XXIII, 1-12. What advice did Jesus 

give his disciples in regard to the scribes 

and Pharisees ? 
What does he say further in reference to 

these ? 
How does he counsel his disciples to be 

humble ? 

13-33. What woes does he pronounce upon 
the scribes and Pharisees ? 

34-39. What had they done to the prophets 
sent among them ? 
W r hat touching lamentation does he pour 

out over Jerusalem ? 
What doom does he pronounce against 
them? 

What is meant by Moses 1 seat ? 

What were phylacteries ? 

What is the meaning of Rabbi? 

What were titlies ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, Strain at a 

gnat, and swallow a camel ? 
Wliat of, your house is left unto you desolate ? 



23 QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 

Chap. XXIV, 1-3. To what did the disciples 
call the attention of Jesus ? 

What prophecy did Jesus pronounce in re- 
ference to them ? 

What question did his disciples ask him, as 
he sat upon the Mount of Olives ? 

4-28. What signs did he point out as preced- 
ing this destruction ? 

Who should be saved amid these calami- 
ties ? 

Where should the gospel be preached ere 
this? 

What should they do when they saw these 
signs ? 

How sudden should the coming of the Son 
of man be ? 

29-41. What should happen after the tribu- 
lation of those days ? 

What should then appear ? 

What would he do ? 

How does he illustrate the subject by the 
parable of the fig-tree ? 

What does he say of the day and hour of 
this event ? 

What should be the state of the world at 
the time ? 

42-51. What did he exhort them to do, in 

view of this ? 
Why should they seek to be ready ? 
What does he say of the faithful and wise 

servant ? 
What of the evil servant ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 29 

Was the prophecy in reference to the stones of the 
temple fulfilled ? 

Did the signs here pointed out precede the destruc- 
tion of Jerusalem ? 

"What did the Jewish Christians do at the ap- 
proach of the Eoman army ? See B. S. Manual. 

Is there any other more awful event referred to in 
this chapter than the destruction of Jerusalem ? 

Where does Jesus begin to speak of the end of the 
world ? 

How was corn ground ? 

Into how many watches did the Jews divide the 
night ? See B. S. Manual. 

Chap. XXV, 1-13. Relate the parable of the 
wise and foolish virgins. 
What exhortation does the Saviour found 
upon it ? 

14-30. What was the parable of the talents ? 
What moral does Jesus attach to this ? 
See verse twenty-ninth. 

31-46. What will happen at the coming of 

the Son of man ? 
What. will he say to those on the right? 
Who were they thus honored ? 
What will the righteous answer ? 
W 7 hat will the King say ? 
What will he say to those on the left hand ? 
What will become of these ? 
What of the righteous ? 
What is meant by the kingdom of heaven, in the 

first verse ? 
How were marriages celebrated in the East 3 See 

B. S. Manual, or Dictionary. 
How much was a talent ? 
What is meant by usury ? 



80 QUESTIONS Otf MATTHEW. 

Who are meant by the exchangers 1 

What was the seat at the light hand considered ? 

Chap. XXVI, 1-16. What did Jesus say to his 
disciples, after he had finished this ad- 
dress ? 

"Who assembled together, and for what 
purpose ? 

Where was Jesus staying ? 

What did a woman do to him here ? 

W 7 hat did the disciples say in reference to 
it? 

What answer did Jesus make ? 

By whom was Jesus betrayed ? 

Relate the circumstances. 
17-30. On the first day of the feast, what 
did the disciples ask ? 

What did Jesus answer ? . 

What did he do at even ? 

What did he say as they ate? 

How were they affected ? 

Whom did he say should betray him ? 

While they were eating, what did Jesus do ? 

How did they close the feast, and where 
did they go ? 
31-46. What did Jesus say to them here? 

What answer did Peter make ? 

What did Jesus say to him ? 

What return did Peter make ? 

Where did they now come ? 

Whom did he take with him ? 

What did he say to them ? 

What affecting scene then occurred ? 



QUESTIONS ON MATTHEW. 31 

Who did he now say was at hand ? 
47-68. Who met them ? 

What then happened ? 

What did Jesus say to the multitude ? 

When Jesus was taken, what did his dis- 
ciples do ? 

Where did they lead him ? 

Where did Peter go ? 

What did the chief-priests and elders seek 
to do ? 

What success did they have in finding wit- 
nesses ? 

What was the testimony of the false wit- 
nesses ? 

What answer did Jesus make to the high- 
priest when he adjured him ? 

What did the high-priest do and say ? 

To what did they condemn him ? 

How did they proceed to treat Jesus ? 
6 9-7 5, Give the account of Peter's denial of 
his Master. 

What did he remember, and how was he 
affected ? 

What was the feast of unleavened bread ? 

Of what was it a type ? 

What was the value of thirty pieces of silver? 

What is meant by this is the blood of the new testa- 
ment ? 

Where was Gethsemane ? 

What is meant by let this cup pass from me? 

What is blasphemy ? 

Chap. XXYII, 1-10. What did the priests and 
elders do in the morning ? 
Where did thev lead Jesus ? 



,32 QUESTIONS OIST MATTHEW. 

What is said of Judas ? 
What did the priests do with the money ? 
11-25. Describe the interview with Pilate. 
What was the governor accustomed to do 

at this feast ? 
What did he therefore propose ? 
What message did his wife send to him ? 
For whom did the priests persuade the 

multitude to ask ? 
What should be done with Jesus ? 
What did they cry out, when asked what 

evil he had done ? 
What did Pilate then do? 
What did the people say ? 
26-34. What did he then do to Jesus ? 
What did the soldiers do ? 
Where did they finally lead him ? 
Who bore his cross for him ? 
Where did they crucify him ? 
What did they give him to drink ? 
What did they do with his garments ? 
35-44. What inscription did they set over his 

head? 
Who were crucified with him ? 
How was he treated by those that passed 

by? 
What did the thieves also do ? 
45-50. What happened from the sixth to the 

ninth hour ? 
What cry did Jesus utter, about the ninth 

hour? 
What did they say and do ? 
What did the rest say ? 



QUESTIONS OX MATTHEW. 33 

51-56. What did Jesus now do ? 

What remarkable events immediately oc- 
curred ? 
What did the centurion say ? 
What women were here ? 
51-66. Who obtained his body of Pilate? 
What did he do with it ? 
Who were there at the time ? 
What did the Pharisees say to Pilate ? 
What answer did Pilate make ? 
Did they do so ? 
Who was Pontius Pilate ? 
Why did the Jews bring Jesus to him 1 
What is the import of, thou sayest? 
Of what were the scarlet robe and the crown 

emblems 1 
How was the punishment of crucifixion inflicted'? 
To whom did the clothes of an executed person 

belong ? 
What was the veil of the temple ? 
Was there any opportunity left for imposition, on 

the part of the disciples, after the care of the 

priests 1 

Chap. XXVIII, 1-8. Who went to the sepul- 
chre, on the first day of the week ? 
What had happened ? 
What did the angel say to the women ? 
What did the women do ? 
9, 10. Who met them? 
What did they do ? 
What did Jesus say to them ? 
11_15. What did the watch show the priests ? 
What course did they take ? 
What did the watch do ? 
3 



34 QUESTIONS OK MARK. 

What, therefore, is commonly reported 
among the Jews ? 
16-20. "Where did the eleven go? 

How were they affected when they saw 
him? 

What did Jesus say ? 

What commission did he give them ? 

When was the Jewish Sabbath ? 

What was the penalty of a Roman soldier's sleep- 
ing when on watch 1 

Were there other appearances of Jesus than those 
recorded here ? 

What is proved by the last promise of the Saviour ? 



MARK. 

Chap. I, 1-8. What had been written in the 
prophets ? 
What is said of John, and his preaching ? 
9-13. What occurred at the baptism of Je- 
sus ? 
What happened after his baptism ? 
14-22. What did Jesus do in Galilee, after 
John was put in prison ? 
Describe the calling of Simon and Andrew. 
Of James and John. 
What did he do in Capernaum ? 
23-28. Give an account of the healing of the 
man with an unclean spirit. 
What was the effect of this cure ? 
29-45. What did he do for Simon's wife's 
mother ? 



QUESTIONS OX MARK 35 

What happened at sunset ? 

Where did he go in the morning ? 

Where did he preach ? 

Relate the miraculous healing of the leper. 

What did the leper do after he was healed ? 

Do the different Gospels contain different portions 

of the life of Christ, or do they often relate the 

same facts ? See B. S. Manual. 
What is the advantage, then, of having them all 1 

See B. S. Manual. 
What information can you give about St. Mark? 

See B. S. Manual. 
What was the occasion of his writing this gospel 1 
What is the meaning of the term gospel ? 
What is meant by " the Spirit driveth him into the 

wilderness.'- in verse twelfth ? 
What is meant by an unclean spirit? 
What was a leper ? 
Why did not Jesus desire to have these miracles 

spread abroad ? 

Chap. II, 1-12. Who came to him when it was 
known that he had returned to Caper- 
naum ? 
Relate the circumstances of the healing of 

the man sick of the palsy. 
Of what did the scribes accuse Jesus ? 
How did he defend himself? 
How were the people affected ? 
13-17. Relate the call of Levi. 

What happened at a supper in his house ? 
18-22. What question did the disciples of 
John and of the Pharisees ask him ? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 
23-28. What happened in the corn-fields? 
What did the Pharisees sav ? 



36 QUESTIONS ON MARK 

How did Jesus defend them? 
What kind of roofs have Eastern houses? 
What is meant by uncovered the roof? 
What other name had Levi. Matt, ix, 9. 
Who are meant by children of the bridechamber ? 
What are meant by corn-Jields ? 
Does Jesus justify unnecessary labor on the Sab- 
bath? 

Chap. Ill, 1-5. Relate the miracle of the heal- 
ing of the withered hand. 
6-21. What did the Pharisees do? 

What course did Jesus take ? 

What miracles did he perform ? 

What did he do upon a mountain ? 

What did his friends do ? 
22-35. How did the scribes account for his 
miracles ? 

What did Jesus say to them ? 

What sin did he say would not be forgiven ? 

What had they said to call out this refer- 
ence to the sin against the Holy Ghost ? 

What did Jesus say, when told that his 
mother and brethren were seeking him ? 

What is a withered hand? 

Where were Tyre and Sidon ? 

Where was Idumea ? 

What is meant by a small ship ? 

What is the sin against the Holy Ghost ? 

Chap. IV, 1-20. What happened by the sea- 
side? 

Relate the parable of the sower. 

Give the Saviour's explanation of this para- 
ble. 



QUESTIONS OX MARK 37 

21-34. What further practical instructions 
does he give them ? 
To what does he liken the kingdom of God ? 
What parable in reference to the mustard- 
seed did he put forth ? 
35-41. Where did he go, the same day, with 
his disciples ? 
What happened to them ? 
What miracle did Jesus perform ? 

Chap. V, 1-20. Where did they now come? 
Relate the circumstances of the healing of 

the man with an unclean spirit. 
Where did Jesus go from this place ? 
21-43. Where then, by ship? 

What ruler came to him, and what was his 

request ? 
Whom did he heal, on his way to the 

ruler's house ? 
What took place in the ruler's house ? 
Was the man among the tombs sick of a peculiar 

disease, or was he really under the power of a 

Satanic spirit ? • 

Are men ever affected in this way now ? 
Do you suppose the damsel was really dead before 

Jesus reached the house ? 
Why did he say " the damsel is not dead, but 

sleepeth ?" 
Why did he request that something should be 

given her to eat ? 

Chap. YI, 1-13. Where did Jesus now come? 
What happened on the Sabbath-day ? 
What answer did Jesus make to their ques- 
tions? 



38 QUESTION'S ON MARK. 

What commission and charge did he give 

the twelve ? 
14-29. Whom did Herod suppose Christ to 

be? 
What had Herod done to John ? 
How had he regarded John himself? 
What was the occasion of John's death ? 
What did his disciples do with his body ? 
30-44. What did the apostles tell Jesus ? 
What did Jesus say to them ? 
What did they then do ? 
When they saw them departing, what did 

the people do ? 
How was Jesus affected at the sight of 

them? 
Relate the circumstances of the miracle he 

performed, to feed them. 

45-56. Where did they then go ? 
Whither did the Saviour retire ? 
What happened during the night ? 
What events transpired when he came to 
ihe other side ? 

What is meant by his own country ? 
What trade did the Saviour follow in Nazareth ? 
Were the ancients accustomed to anoint the sick ? 
Why did Jesus wish to have the disciples withdraw 
with him into a desert place ? 

Chap. VII, 1-23. What had the Pharisees no- 
ticed in some of the disciples of Jesus ? 
What was their custom ? 
What did they ask Jesus ? 
What answer did Jesus make them ? 



QUESTIONS ON MARK. 89 

What address did he make to the people 

upon this subject? 
How did he afterwards expound this to his 

disciples ? 
24-30. What occurred in the borders of Tyre 

and Sidon ? 
31-37. Whither did he now return? 

Relate the account of the healing of the 

deaf man. 
What did they say of Jesus ? 
Was it a physical or legal uncleanness referred to 

by the Pharisees % 
What was the market ? 
Can you explain the custom Jesus refers to in the 

eleventh verse ? 

Chap. VIII, 1-10. What miracle did Jesus 
again perform, to feed the multitude ? 
11-21. What did the Pharisees seek of him? 
What answer did he make ? 
What conversation did Jesus have with his 
disciples, as they departed for the other 
side? 
22-26. Where did they come ? 

Narrate the cure of the blind man. 
27-33. Into what towns did they go ? 

What conversation did they have together 

here ? 
What did he begin to teach them ? 
What rebuke did he give Peter ? 
34-38. What solemn counsels did he give his 
disciples ? 
What is meant by sighed deeply in his spirit f 
Where was Dahnanutha ? 



40 QUESTIONS ON MARK. 

Where Bethsaida ? 

What did he mean by the leaven of the Pharisees f 
Why did the Saviour speak so severely to Peter? 
What is meant by "whosoever will save his life, 

shall lose it," &c. ? 
What is it to be ashamed of Jesus, and his words ? 

Give examples. 

Chap. IX, 1-13. What did Jesus say to the 

disciples ? 
What happened after six days ? 
Describe what followed. 
What did Jesus enjoin upon them, as they 

came down ? 
What did they ask him about Elias ? 
What did he answer ? 

14-29, How were the disciples engaged when 

he reached them ? 
What miracle did he then perform ? 
What did the disciples ask, when they 

came into the house ? 
What did he answer ? 

30-40. Where did they then go ? 
What did he teach his disciples? 
When he came to Capernaum, what did he 

ask them ? 
Why did they not answer ? 
How did he teach them humility? 
What did John say they had seen and done ? 
What did Jesus say? 

41-50. What other practical counsels did he 
give them ? 
Is it better to suffer pain or death, than to commit 

sin 1 ? 



QUESTIONS ON MARK. 41 

Who, probably, was the person the disciples saw 

casting out devils ? 
What is meant by i: their worm dicth not V' 
What by " every one shall be salted with fire ?" 
What by ,; have salt in yourselves J" 

Chap. X, 1-16. Where did he go from thence ? 

What question did the Pharisees ask him ? 

What was his answer ? 

Whom did they bring to him ? 

What did the disciples do ? 

What did Jesus say and do ? 
17-31. What question did one ask him? 

What answer did Jesus make him ? 

What did the man say ? 

What further did Jesus say to him ? 

How was he affected by this ? 

What remark did Jesus make ? 

What did Peter say ? 

What answer did Jesus make ? 
32-45. W T hat did he begin to tell them, on 
his way to Jerusalem ? 

What did James and John request ? 

What did Jesus ask them ? 

When they assented, what did he say ? 

How did he quiet the displeasure of the 
ten? 
46-52. What place did they reach? 

What miracle did he perform near Jericho ? 

What is meant by " of such is the kingdom of 
God V\ 

What by ;: take up the cross ?" 

Why were the disciples amazed and afraid, as re- 
corded in the thirty-second verse ? 

What is meant by " casting away his garment,' 7 in 
the fiftieth verse ? 



42 QUESTIONS ON MARK. 

Chap. XI, 1-11. What did Jesus do when he 
came to Beth phage ? 

What did the disciples do ? 

How did Jesus approach and enter Jerusa- 
lem? 
12-18. Relate what happened to a fig-tree. 

What did Jesus do in the temple ? 

What did he teach ? 

What did the scribes and priests do ? 
19-26. What conversation passed between 
Jesus and his disciples about the fig- 
tree? 

What further directions did he give in re- 
ference to prayer ? 
27-33. What question did the chief priests 
and scribes ask Jesus in the temple ? 

What question did he propose, in return ? 

What was the result of the matter ? 

Why did Jesus enter Jerusalem in this way ? 

Why did Jesus curse the fig-tree ? 

What is it to " have faith in God V 

What connection was there between " the baptism 
of John " and the authority of Jesus % 

Chap. XII, 1-12. Relate the parable of the 
vineyard. 
What Scripture did Jesus quote ? 
How were they affected by his address ? 

13-27. Who came to catch him in his words ? 
What did they say to Jesus ? 
How did he answer them ? 
What case did the Sadducees put to him ? 
How did Jesus answer them ? 



QUESTIONS ON MARK. 43 

28-34. What question did a scribe propose 
to him ? 
What answer did he make ? 
What return did the scribe make ? 
What did Jesus say to him ? 
35-40. What did he say in reference to Da- 
vid? 
Against what customs of the scribes did he 
warn them ? 
41-44. What did Jesus behold, as he sat over 
against the treasury ? 
What did a poor woman do ? 
What did Jesus say ? 

Whom did Jesus intend to represent by the para- 
ble of the vineyard % 

"What is meant by " thou art not far from the 
kingdom of God?" 

What by " David himself said by the Holy Ghost t* 

What was the treasury ? 

How much was two mites ? 

In what sense did the widow cast in " more than 
they all V 

Chap. XIII, 1-4. To what did the disciples 
direct his attention ? 
What answer did Jesus give them ? 
What questions did four of the disciples 
ask him ? 
5-13. How did Jesus answer them? 
14-27. When they saw " the abomination of 
desolation," what should they do ? 
What should be the character of those 

days? 
What fearful prodigies should occur ? 



44 QUESTIONS ON MARK. 

What is said of the coming of the Son of 
man? 

28-37. What parable does he put forth in re- 
ference to the approach of these events ? 
What does he say of the day and hour ? 
With what exhortations does he close ? 

What was there worthy of notice in the stones of 

the temple ? 
Has the prophecy of Christ been fulfilled 1 
Did any of these signs precede the destruction of 

Jerusalem ? 
What other event is prefigured by the desolation 

of Jerusalem, and the punishment of its wicked 

inhabitants ? 
In what sense did the Son not know the day and 

the hour of these events ? 
What is it to watch ? 

Chap. XIV, 1-11. What feast now came on? 
What did the chief priests and scribes seek 

to do ? 
What delayed them ? 

What happened to Jesus in Simon's house ? 
What fault was found with the woman ? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 
What did Judas Iscariot do ? 

12-21. What question did his disciples ask 
him? 
With what directions did he send two into 

the city ? 
What did they do in the evening ? 
- As they sat eating, what did Jesus say ? 
How did they feel, and what did they say ? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 



QUESTIONS ON MARK, 45 

22-31. How did he institute the sacrament 
of the Lord's supper ? 

Where did they go after supper ? 

What did Jesus then say to them ? 

What did Peter say ? 

What did Jesus answer ? 
32-42. Where did they then come? 

Whom did Jesus take with him ? 

How was he affected ? 

Relate the circumstances attending his 
agony in this terrible hour. 
43-52. Who now came ? 

How did Judas betray him ? 

What happened while they were in the 
garden ? 

53-65. Where did they lead Jesus? 

What is said of Peter ? 

What happened in the council-chamber ? 

Of what did they pronounce him guilty? 

To what did they condemn him ? 
66-72. What happened to Peter during this 
time ? 

Were the houses in Jerusalem free and open during 
the passover ? 

What was the guest-chamber ? 

What is the meaning of " this is my blood of the 
new testament?'' 

What of, sore amazed? 

What of, Abba ? 

Who are meant by the young men, in verse fifty- 
first ? 

Under the eye of what apostle was this Gospel 
written ? 

Is the sin of Peter in the least palliated ? 

What does this show* 



46 QUESTIONS ON MARK 

Chap. XV, 1-14. What did they do with Je- 
sus, in the morning ? 
What transpired in the presence of Pilate ? 
15-21. What did Pilate at length do ? 
What did the soldiers do to Jesus ? 
22-32. Relate the circumstances attending 

the crucifixion. 
33-41. Can you give the particulars of his 
death ? 

42-47. Relate the circumstances of his burial. 
What was the Pretorium ? 
Who were Alexander and Rufus 1 
When was the third hour 1 
What is meant by "it was the preparation," in 

the forty-second verse ? 
What is the meaning of " waited for the kingdom 

of God," in the forty-third verse ? 
Who was the last disciple at the grave ? 

Chap. XVI, 1-8. What had the women brought ? 

What did they do early in the morning of ' 
the first day ? 

What did they ask each other ? 

What did they discover ? 

What did they see within the sepulchre ? 

What did the angel say to them ? 

What did they do ? 
9-13. To whom did Jesus first appear ? 

What did she do ? 

To whom besides did he appear ? 
14-18. To whom did he appear, as they sat 
at meat? 

For what did he upbraid them ? 

What commission did he give them ? 



QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 41 

What signs should follow their preaching ? 
19, 20. What then happened ? 
What did the apostles do ? 
For what purpose were they bringing these spices ? 
Who was the young man they saw? 
Why were the women commanded to tell Peter in 

particular ? 
What is meant by " these signs shall follow them 

that believe f 1 
Why do they not continue to be witnessed now ? 
What do you know of Mark, the writer of this 

Gospel ? 



LUKE. 

Chap. I, 1-4. What reason does Luke give for 
writing his Gospel ? 
5-25. What priest and his wife are mentioned 
as living in the days of Herod ? 
What is said of their character ? 
Relate what happened while he executed 

the priest's office. 
What sign did the angel give him, to con- 
firm his faith ? 
Where did they go, after his ministration 
was accomplished? 
26-38. To whom did Gabriel appear? 
What did he announce to her ? 
What did the angel say of this son ? 
39-56. Where did Mary go? 

What did Elisabeth say when she saw her ? 
What song of praise did Marv then pour 
forth ? 



48 QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 

57-66. What name did the friends give to 

the son of Elisabeth ? 
What did his mother say ? 
How did his father signify his wishes ? 
What then happened to him ? 
What was the effect of these things ? 
67-80. What inspired song did Zacharias 

utter? 
What is said of the child ? 
What information can you give of the author of 

this book ? 
What was the occasion of his writing this book ? 

See B. S. Manual. 
What does it contain, not found in the preceding 

Gospels ? See B. S. Manual. 
What is meant by eye-witnesses? 
Who was Theophilus ? 
What is meant by the course ofAbia? 
What was incense ? 
What is the meaning of Gabriel? 
In what town in the hill-country did Zacharias 

live ? 
What is meant by being "filled with the Holy 

Ghost?'. 5 
What is the meaning of John ? See B. S. Manual. 

Chap. IT, 1-7. What decree went out from 
Cesar Augustus ? 

Where did Joseph go ? 

What happened here ? 
8-20. Who were residing in the same coun- 
try? 

Who appeared to them ? 

What did the angel say ? 

Who were with the angel^ and how were 
they engaged ? 



QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 49 

What did the shepherds do ? 
21-24. What name -was given to the child? 
For what purpose did they go to Jerusa- 
lem ? 
25-35. What pious man was then residing in 
Jerusalem ? 
What happened in the temple ? 
What did Simeon say to Mary ? 
36-40. What is said of Anna the prophetess ? 
Where did the parents of Jesus go from 

Jerusalem ? 
What is said of the child ? 
41-52. What happened when Jesus was 
twelve years old ? 
How were his parents affected by this ? 
What did his mother say to him ? 
What answer did Jesus give ? 
What is said of him in Nazareth ? 
AVho was Cesar Augustus ? 
Who was Cyrenius ? 
What can you sav about the Eastern emirs ? See 

B. S. Manual. * 
What is meant by " this child is set for the fall and 

rising again of many in Israel V* 
What bv " a sword shall pierce through thv own 

soul f' 
Why did Jesus go up to Jerusalem when he was 
twelve years old ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-14. At what period did John be- 
gin to preach ? 
What had been written concerning him in 

Esaias ? 
What did he say to the multitude ? 
What did he tell the people to do ? 
4 



50 QUESTIONS OIn LUKE. 

What did he say to the publicans ? 
What to the soldiers ? 
15-20. What did John say of himself, and of 

his successor ? 
What did Herod the tetrarch do to him ? 
21-23. What happened when Jesus was bap- 
tized ? 
How old was Jesus when he began to 

preach ? 
24-38. What is recorded in these verses ? 
How happened there to be two high priests at this 

time 1 
What is meant by " the word of God came to 

John ?" 
In what sense were the soldiers to " do violence to 

no man V 
Why did Jesus commence preaching when he was 

about thirty 1 
Can you state and reconcile the difference between 

the genealogy of St. Matthew and St. Luke? 

Chap. IY, 1-13. What happened to Jesus in 
the wilderness ? 
14-30. When did Jesus return? 
What did he do then? 
What happened in Nazareth ? 
What did they do to Jesus, at the close of 
his discourse ? 
31-44. Whither did he then go ? 
What did he do there ? 
What happened in the synagogue ? 
What miracle did he perform in Simon's 

house ? 
What occurred at sunset ? 
Where did he go the next morning ? 



QUESTIONS OX LUKE. 51 

What did he say to the people ? 

What is meant by the devil's departing from Christ 
for a season ? 

Who were invited to read and preach in the syna- 
gogues ? See B. S. Manual. 

How were ancient books made 3 See B. S. Man- 
ual ? 

In what position did they usually preach ? See 
verse 20. 

Chap. V, 1-11. What did Jesus do, as the 

people pressed upon him by the Lake of 

Gennesaret ? 
After he had finished speaking, what did 

he say to Simon ? 
What answer did Simon make ? 
What was the result ? 
How was Peter affected ? 
"What did Jesus say to Simon ? 
What did Simon and his partners then do ? 
12-26. What miracle did he perform upon a 

man with the leprosy ? 
Where did he go, and for what purpose ? 
Relate the circumstances of the cure of the 

man with a palsy. 
What was the effect of this miracle ? 
27—39. Narrate the calling of Levi. 
What happened at a feast he made ? 
What answer did Jesus give, when asked 

why his disciples did not fast often ? 

What is the signification of the cry of Peter, :c De- 
part from me. for I am a sinful man. Lord V } 
"What is meant by ; * thou shalt catch men ?" 
Who are meant hy them ? — the last word in the 
seventeenth verse'. 



52 QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 

Who only can forgive sins 1 
Had Jesus this power ? 

Chap. VI, 1-11. What happened on the Sab- 
bath? 
What discussion arose out of it ? 
What cure did he effect on the Sabbath ? 
12-19. What did he do in those days ? 
What were the names of the apostles ? 
What happened as he stood in the plain ? 
20-26. What blessings and woes did he pro- 
nounce ? 
27-49. What further counsels did he give 
them? 
Was this the sermon on the mount recorded by 

St. Matthew ? 
What is meant by the expression, " shall men give 
- into your bosom ?" 

Chap. VII, 1-10. Relate the circumstances of 
the healing of the centurion's servant. 
11-18. Give an account of the raising of the 
widow's son. 
Who heard of all these things ? 
19-35. What did John send to inquire of 
Jesus ? 
How did Jesus answer the question ? 
What did Jesus say of John, when the 

messengers had gone ? 
How were the people affected ? 
What is said of the Pharisees and lawyers ? 
What did Jesus say of the men of this 
generation ? 
36-50. What did a Pharisee desire of him? 



QUESTIONS Otf LUKE. 53 

What happened as they sat at meat ? 

What did the Pharisee think of this ? 

How did Jesus justify himself ? 

What did he then say to the woman ? 

Who are meant by the elders of the Jews ? 

Where was Nain ? 

What is the meaning of, ' ; there was a dead man 

carried out f* 
Eor what purpose did John make this inquiry of 

Jesus, when he had already baptized him, and 

knew him to be the Messiah ? 
In what respect is the " least in the kingdom of 

God greater than " John the Baptist ? 
What is meant by the people justified God? 
What by "rejected the counsels of God against 

themselves ?" 
What is meant by the term sinner, in the thirty- 
seventh verse ? 
What was their posture at their meals, in those 

days ? 

Chap. VIII, 1-3. What did Jesus do after this ? 
Who accompanied him, and provided for 
his wants ? 
4-15. Give the parable of the sower, and its 

explanation. 
16-21. What counsels does he give them? 
What did he say of his mother and his 
brethren ? 
22-40. What happened on the lake ? 
What in the country of the Gadarenes ? 
What did the people of the country do ? 
What is further said of the man that was 
healed ? 
41-56. What ruler came to him, in behalf of 
his daughter ? 



54 QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 

What miracle did he perform as he went to 

the ruler's house ? 
State what happened at the ruler's house. 
What is the meaning of ministered, in the third 

verse ? 
What lake is referred to in the twenty-second 

verse 1 
What is meant by " go out into the deep," in the 

thirty-first verse ? 

Chap. IX, 1-6. What charge did Jesus give his 
twelve disciples ? 
7-9. What now troubled Herod ? 
10-17. How were the multitude miraculously 

fed? 

18-27. What conversation passed between 

Jesus and his disciples while they were 

alone for prayer ? 

28-36. Give an account of the transfiguration. 

37-42. What happened the next day, when 

they were come down from the hill ? 
43-56. How does Jesus check the ambition 
of his disciples ? 
Where did he now prepare to go ? 
What occurred among the Samaritans ? 
57-62. What answer did Jesus make to a man 
who proposed to follow him ? 
What to one who wished first to bury his 

father? 
What to another who desired first to bid 

his friends farewell ? 
To what event does the prophecy in the twenty- 
seventh verse refer ? 
Why, think you, did Moses and Elias talk with 
Jesus about his decease at Jerusalem ? 



QUESTIONS OIn LUKE. 55 

What is meant by " let these sayings sink down 

into your ears ?" 
Why were the disciples so unwilling to believe 

that Jesus was about to suffer and die ? 
Who were the Samaritans ? 
Why were they so inhospitable to Jesus and his 

disciples ? 
What is meant by c: let the dead bury their dead ? M 
What is the meaning of, " ISTo man, having put his 

hand to the plow,!' &c. ? 

Chap. X, 1-24. Whom did the Lord now ap- 
point ? 
Where did he send them ? 
What charo-e did he deliver to them ? 

o 

What report did the seventy bring, when 
they returned ? 

What did Jesus say to them ? 

For what did he rejoice ? 

What did he say of his power and know- 
ledge ? 

What did he say privately to his disciples ? 

25-37. What question did a lawyer ask him ? 
What did Jesus say ? 
What answer did he make ? 
What did the Saviour then say to him ? 
How did Jesus answer his question, u Who 
is my neighbor?" 

38-42. Into whose house did he come? 
What is said of the two sisters ? 
What did Jesus say to Martha ? 

What is meant by " oilier seventy ?" 

Why was this number chosen ? 

What, is meant by " the harvest truly is great I" 

Why should they " salute no man by the way V 1 



56 QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 

What is meant by " the Son of peace," in the sixth 

verse ? 
What are scorpions ? 
Where was Jericho ? 
Why was less to he expected of the Samaritan than 

of the priest and Leyite ? 
What is the meaning of the expression, " Mary sat 

at Jesus' feet ?" 
What is the meaning of cumbered? 

Chap. XI, 1-13. How did our Lord teach his 
disciples to pray ? 
How did he illustrate God's willingness to 
answer prayer ? 

14-26. What was said of a miracle he wrought 
upon a possessed person ? 
What did Jesus say, knowing their thoughts ? 

27-36. What did a certain woman say? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 
What address did Jesus make to the peo- 
ple, when they had collected together ? 

37-54. How did he attract the notice of a 
Pharisee ? 
What did the Lord say to him ? 
What woes did he pronounce upon the 

Pharisees ? 
What did a lawyer say ? 
What answer did Jesus make him ? 
What did the Pharisees attempt to do ? 
Are there any public inns in the East ? 
How do travelers find food and lodging ? 
What is meant by " the finger of God ?" 
Who w r as " the queen of the South ?" 
Who is meant by Jonas ? 
Who were the lawyers ? 



QUESTIONS OX LUKE. 51 

Chap. XII, 1-12. Who continued to collect 
around him ? 
What counsels did he give them ? 
13-21. What did one of the company desire 
him to do ? 
What answer did he make him ? 
Against what did he bid them beware ? 
Relate the parable of the rich man. 
22-30. How does the Saviour reprove world- 
lv anxiety, and set forth the providence 
of God? 
31-40. What practical exhortations does he 

give them ? 
41-53. How did the Saviour enforce the duty 
of watchfulness ? 
For what purpose had he come ? 
What would be the effect of his coming ? 
54-59. What does he say of their observation 
of the sky ? 
How should an adversary be treated ? 

What did the Saviour mean by his answer, in the 

fourteenth verse ? 
What is covetousness 1 
Are we to trust God for food and raiment, and do 

nothing to procure them ? 
What is meant by " let your loins be girded about \ n 
In what sense are we the Lord's stewards 1 
What is meant by " I have come to send fire on 

the earth T 
What by ■ I have a baptism to be baptized with V* 

Chap. XIII, 1-9. What had happened to the 
Galileans ? 
What did Jesus say of them ? 



58 QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 

What of those upon whom the tower of 
Siloamfell? 

Relate the parable of the barren fig-tree. 
10-1 7. What were the circumstances of the 
healing of the infirm woman ? 

What did the ruler of the synagogue say ? 

What answer did Jesus make ? 

What was the effect of this answer? 
18-22. Relate the parable of the mustard- 
seed. 

Where did he go ? 
23-30. How did he answer the question, 

(i Are there few that be saved ?" 
31-35. What did the Pharisees say to him ? 

What answer did he make ? 

How did he express his grief in behalf of 
Jerusalem ? 

Where was the tower of Siloam ? 

To whom does the parable of the barren fig-tree 
refer? 

Who is meant by a daughter of Abraham ? 

What is it to " strive to enter in at the strait gate ?" 

Chap. XIV, 1-14. Where did he eat bread one 
Sabbath-day ? 
Who was there ? 
What question did Jesus ask ? 
What did Jesus do and say ? 
How did he teach them humility ? 
What did he say to the man who had in- 
vited him to his house ? 
15-24. What did one of the company say ? ' 
Relate the parable of the great supper. 



QUESTIONS OX LUKE. 59 

25-35. What did lie say to the multitude that 
followed him, as to the necessity of con- 
sideration and self-denial ? 

What is meant by they watched him ? 

Who now watch Christians ? 

What is meant by " sit not down in the highest 

room ?" 
What by if he '''hate not his father/' &c. 

Chap. XV, 1-10. What fault did the Pharisees 
and scribes find with Jesus ? 
Relate the parable of the lost sheep. 
Of the lost piece of silver. 
11-16. Of the prodigal son, — his sin and dis- 
tress. 
17-24. Give an account of his repentance 

and pardon. 
25-32. Of the anger of the elder brother. 
"What answer did the father make ? 
Who were publicans ? 
Why did the Pharisees find fault with our Lord on 

this account ? 
What is the design of these parables ? 
How did the Jews regard the feeding of swine ? 
Why is a sinner beside himself? 
Is meat killed in the East long before it is eaten? 
Who were represented by the eldest son 1 

Chap. XVI, 1-12. Relate the parable of the 
unjust steward. 
How did our Lord enforce the parable ? 
13-18. What did he say in reference to 
singleness of purpose ? 
Yf hat as to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees ? 
What as to putting away a wife ? 



60 QUESTIONS OX LUKE. 

19-31. Relate the parable of the rich man 
and Lazarus. 
What is said of Moses and the prophets ? 
For what did his lord commend this steward ? 
What is meant by manner of unrighteousness ? 
What is the meaning of the ninth verse 1 
What was the design of this parable 1 
What important truths are taught by the parable 

of the rich man and Lazarus ? 
What is signified by Abraham's bosom ? 
What is meant by " Moses and the prophets V 

Chap. XYII, 1-10. What does the Saviour say 

of offenses ? 
What of a brother's trespass ? 
For what did the apostles pray ? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 
How does he teach them to be humble ? 
11-19. Through what countries did he pass? 
Give an account of the healing of ten 

lepers. 
What is said of one of them ? 
What did Jesus say ? 
20-37. What question did the Pharisees ask 

him? 
What answer did he make ? 
Whom did he tell them to remember ? 
What further did he say, in answer to their 

question ? 

Why did they pray just then to have their faith in- 
creased 1 
What was a sycamine-tree 1 
Why did the lepers stand afar off? 
What is the meaning of ;t unprofitable servants V ' 
Why is it mentioned that he was a Samaritan ? 



QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 61 

What is meant by the kingdom of God, in the twen- 
tieth verse ? 
What by " eometh not with observation ?" 
What by <: the kingdom of God is within you f 
What did the Jews expect ? 
Why should they " remember Lot's wife V 
How did they grind their corn ? See B. S. Man- 
ual. 



Chap. XVIII, 1-8. Relate the parable of the 
importunate widow. 
How does our Lord enforce it ? 

9-14. For whom did he speak the next 

parable ? 
Relate the parable of the Pharisee and the 

publican. 
15-17. What transpired when infants were 

brought to him ? 
18-23. What passed between our Lord and a 

certain ruler ? 
24-30. What did he say in reference to 

riches ? 
What of those who have left all ? 

31-34. What did he say of his approaching 
sufferings and death ? 

35-43. Relate the circumstances of the heal- 
ing of the blind man. 

Who are meant by the elect, in verse seventh ? 
What is the design of the two parables in this 

chapter ? 
What is the meaning of justified, in the fourteenth 

verse ? 
Why was it that ruler's duty to sell all he had, and 

give to the poor ? 



62 QUESTION'S -ON LUKE. 

Chap. XIX, 1-10. Relate the circumstances of 
the conversion of Zaccheus. 
11-27. What was the parable of the noble- 
man? 

28-40. What city was he now approaching ? 

On what errand did he send two disciples ? 

Describe his approach to the city. 
41-48. What did he say when he beheld the 
city?. 

What did he do and say in the temple ? 

What did the chief priests and scribes seek 
to do? 

"What evidence of real conversion does Zaccheus 
give i 

In what sense was he a son of Abraham ? 

What was the design of the parable of the noble- 
man? 

Was the Saviour's prophecy against Jerusalem 
fulfilled ? 

Chap. XX, 1-8. Where was Jesus teaching ? 
What answer did he make to the inquiry, 
by what authority he acted ? 
9-19. Relate the parable of the vineyard and 
the husbandmen. 
What did he say to them directly ? 
What did the chief priests and scribes per- 
ceive ? 
20-26. For what purpose did they watch 
him? 
How did they attempt to catch him in his 
speech? - 
27-38. What question did the Sadducees put 
to him. and how did he answer it? 



QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 63 

39-47. What did lie ask the scribes ? 

What did he say of the scribes ? 

Why were the priests and scribes afraid to lay- 
hands upon Jesus ? 

What was the design of the parable of the vine- 
yard and husbandmen ? 

Who is meant by the governor, in the twentieth 
verse ? 

Why did they desire to deliver Jesus to him ? 

Chap. XXI, 1-4. What attracted the notice of 
our Lord at the treasury ? 
What did he say of the poor widow ? 
5-28. What did he prophesy in reference to 
the temple ? 
What signs did he say should precede this 
destruction ? 
29-33. What parable did he put forth ? 

How did he enforce it ? 
34-38. What did he enjoin upon them ?. 
How did he pass his time in these days ? 
Can you give an account of the destruction of 

Jerusalem, and of the signs that preceded it ? 
How has this city been " trodden down of the Gen- 
tiles ? ?s 
To what event do the cautions in verses thirty-four 

to thirty-six refer ? 
Why did Jesus go out of Jerusalem at night ? 

Uhap. XXII, 1-6. What now drew near? 

Relate the circumstances of Christ's be- 
trayal. 
7-20. What did he command Peter and John 
to do? 
What did Jesus do and say when the hour 
was come? 



64 QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 

21-23. What did he say of his coming death ? 
24-27. How did he admonish them to be 

humble ? 
28-30. What did he promise them? 
31-34. What did he say to Simon? 
35-38. What other admonitions did he give 

them? 
39-46. Where did they then go ? 

What occurred there ? 
47-53. Relate what transpired when Judas 

met them. 
54-62. Give an account of the fall of Peter. 
63-71. What did they do to Jesus ? 
What occurred in the council ? 
What is meant by the feast of unleavened bread? 
What by " the passover must be killed V 
What by " that he may sift you V 
What did the Lord mean when he commanded 

them to buy swords % 
How was the betrayal by Judas peculiarly aggra- 
vated ? 
What is the meaning of " this is your hour," in the 
fifty-third verse 1 

Chap. XXIII, 1-7. Describe what occurred in 
the trial before Pilate. 

8-12. Give an account of the proceedings in 
Herod's palace. 

13-25. What further transpired in the pre- 
sence of Pilate ? 

26-31. What occurred as they proceeded to 
the scene of crucifixion ? 

32-38. Describe the crucifixion, and the at- 
tending circumstances. 

39-43. What is said of the malefactors ? 



QUESTIONS ON LUKE. 65 

44-49. Describe the death of Christ. 
50-56. Give an account of his burial. 

Was the charge in the second verse true 1 

Why did they make this charge before Pilate 1 

What is meant by Jewry ? 

What Herod is referred to in the seventh verse ? 

What is meant by " done unto him," in the fifteenth 
verse 1 

What is the meaning of the thirty-first verse ? 

Where is paradise ? 

Chap. XXIV, 1-12. Describe the visit of the 
women to the sepulchre. 
What did Peter do ? 
13-27. Give an account of the interview be- 
tween Jesus and two disciples, as they 
went to Emmaus. 
28-35. How does he discover himself to 
them ? 
What did the two disciples then do ? 
36-49. While they were relating these things, 
what occurred ? 
Describe the interview. 
50-53. What did he command them to do? 
Describe his ascension. 
What did the apostles do ? 
Who are meant by the two men, in the fourth verse ! 
Was there more than one party of women that 

visited the sepulchre ? 
Where was Emmaus ? 
What is meant by "their eyes were holden," in 

the sixteenth verse ? 
What by t; we trusted that it had been He which 

should have redeemed Israel?" 
Did Jesus intend to deceive them when " he made 
as though he would have gone further ?* 
5 



QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 

What is meant by " their eyes were opened," in 

the thirty -first verse 1 
What is meant by " the law, the prophets, and the 

psalms ?" 
What by " he opened their understanding V 
What is meant by " they were continually in the 

temple ?" 



ST. JOHN. 

Chap. I, 1-5. How does John assert the divinity 
of Christ ? 
6-14. Of what had John borne witness ? 

What does he say further of Christ ? 
15-18. What was John's testimony ? 

What is said of his fullness, grace, and 
knowledge of God ? 
19-36. What other testimonies did John give 

of Christ ? 
37-42. What is said of two of John's dis- 
ciples ? 
43-51. Relate the circumstances of the calling 
of Philip and Nathanael. 

What can you state about the author of this book, 
and of the occasion of its being written ? See 
B. S. Manual. 

How is it distinguished from the other Gospels ? 
See B. S. Manual. 

What is meant by " in the beginning f 

Who is meant by the Word? 

What by " in him was life V 

What by " he came unto his own ?'! 

What by " the Word was made flesh ?" 



QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 67 

"What is referred to in the expression, " We beheld 

his glory ?'" 
What o'clock was the tenth hour ? 
Who is the other disciple not named in the fortieth 

verse 1 

Chap. II, 1-11. Relate the miracle that occur- 
red in Cana of Galilee. 
12-22. Where did he then go ? 
Why did he go to Jerusalem ? 
What occurred in the temple ? 
What sign did he give the Jews ? 
What notice was taken of this ? 
23-25. What was the effect of his miracles ? 
What is said of Jesus ? 
The third day after what event did the miracle 

occur ? 
Where was Cana ? 

What was the character of the Eastern wine ? 
Was there any disrespect in our Lord's address to 

his mother ? 
How much did a firkin contain ? 
Is it implied that they drank to excess at this wed- 
ding ? 
How did Jesus know i; what was in man ?" 

Chap. Ill, 1-8. Relate the conversation be- 
tween our Lord and Xicodemus. 

9-13. How does Jesus explain the new birth ? 

14-17. How is this change to be accomplish- 
ed? 

18-21. What are the consequences of un- 
belief? 

22-36. Where did Jesus and his disciples 



come 



9 



Where was John baptizing ? 



68 QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 

What did John's disciples say to him ? 
"What answer did he make ? 

Why did Nicodemus come by night ? 
What is it to be born again ? 
What is it to believe in the Son of God 1 
Did Jesus himself baptize ? 

What is meant by " he that believeth not the Son, 
shall not see UfeV 

Chap. IV, 1-26. Where did he now go ? 
To what city did he come ? 
Where did he sit down ? 
Relate the circumstances of his interview 
with the Samaritan woman. 
27-42. What did the awakened woman do? 
What did Jesus say to his disciples, while 

she was gone ? 
What finally was the result of this conver- 
sation with the woman ? 
43-54. What occurred again in Cana of 
Galilee? 

Where was Sychar, and what can you tell about 

it? 
What o'clock was the sixth hour ? 
How did Jesus travel? 
How did the Jews regard the Samaritans ? 
How happened Mount Gerizim to have become 

sacred to the Samaritans ! 
How many miles from Cana to Capernaum ? 

Chap. V, 1-9. What noted pool was there in 
Jerusalem ? 
What is said of it ? 
What sick man is referred to ? 
What miracle did Jesus perform upon him ? 



QUESTIONS OK ST. JOHN. 69 

10-23. What did the Jews say to the healed 
man, and what answer did he make ? 
What did Jesus say to him ? 
How did he defend himself before the 
Jews ? 
24-47. What further addresses does he de- 
liver to them ? 

What is the meaning of Bethesda ? 
What are meant by porches? 
What is meant by an angel's troubling the water? 
In what sense did Moses accuse or condemn the 
Jews for their conduct to Christ ? 

Chap. VI, 1-14. Where did Jesus go? 
By whom was he followed ? 
What miracle did he perform for them ? 
15-21. What happened upon the sea ? 
22-40. Whither did the people follow him ? 
What discourse did he then deliver to 
them? 
41, 42. Wliat did the people say ? 
43-60. How did he explain this, and con- 
tinue his address ? 
61-65. What did he say to his disciples? 
66-71. What was the effect of this discourse ? 
What did Jesus say to the twelve ? 
What answer did Peter make ? 
What did Jesus say, and to whom did he 
refer ? 

Where was Tiberias ? 
Why did they wish to make Jesus a king ? 
What is meant by the " meat which endureth unto 
everlasting life V* 



70 QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 

What by " except ye eat the flesh of the Son of 

man," &c. % 
What by " one of you is a devil V 

Chap. VII, 1-13. Where did Jesus remain, and 
for what reason ? 
What did his brethren say to him ? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 
What did he do after they had gone up ? 
What was said about him among the Jews ? 
14-24. What discourse did he deliver in the 

temple, in the midst of the feast ? 
25-27. What did some of the Jews say ? 
28, 29. What did Jesus answer? 
30, 31. What then occurred? 
32-36. What did Jesus say when the Phari- 
sees and priests sent officers to take him ? 
37-39. What did he say on the last day of 

the feast ? 
40-44. What discussion took place concern- 
ing him ? 
45-53. What was the report of the officers 
to the chief priests and Pharisees ? 
What conversation concerning him then oc- 
curred ? 
What is meant by " walked in Galilee V 
What was the feast of tabernacles -? 
Who are meant by his brethren, in the third verse ? 
In what sense did they not believe in him 1 
What is meant by letters, in the fifteenth verse ? 
Who are meant by "the dispersed among the 

Gentiles V* 
What religions ceremony was performed on the 

last day of the feast ? 
What is meant by " the Holy Spirit was not yet 
given," in the thirty-ninth verse ? 



QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 71 

What is the meaning of the question asked Nico- 
demus, "Art thou also of Galilee V 

Chap. VIII, 1-11. Whom did the scribes bring 
before him in the morning: ? 
How did Jesus treat the case ? 
12-29. What discourse did Jesus hold with 

the Pharisees ? 
30-47. What did he say to those that be- 
lieved on him ? 
48-56. What did the Jews say to him? 
How did he answer them ? 

57. What did they say of his age? 

58. How did he answer them ? 

59. What then happened ? 

What was the object of the Jews, in presenting the 

case of the guilty woman to him 2 
Did Jesus justify her in her sin ? 
Why did they call Jesus a Samaritan'? 
In what sense was Jesus before Abraham ? 

Chap. IX, 1-7. Relate the circumstances of his 

healing the blind man. 
8-17. What conversation took place between 

the man that was healed and the neigh- 
bors ? 
What discussion did he have with the 

Pharisees ? 
18-23. What confirmation of the miracle did 

the parents give ? 
24-34. How did they then question the blind 

man, and what did they do to him ? 
35-38. What did Jesus say to him, when he 

found he was cast out ? 



12 QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 

39-41. What did he then say to some of the 
Pharisees ? 

"What did the Jews believe was the cause of all 
great outward calamities, as blindness, &c. ? 

What is meant by being put out of the synagogue ? 

"Why do they say of the blind man, that he was 
" born in sin ?" 



Chap. X, 1-6. Relate the parable of the good 
shepherd. 

T— 18. How does Jesus explain and enforce 
it? 

19-21. What were the views of the Jews in 
reference to Jesus ? 

22-38. What discourse did he deliver in Solo- 
mon's porch, at the feast of dedication ? 

39-42. What did the Jews seek to do ? 
Where did Jesus go ? 

What can you tell about Eastern sheep, illustrating 
the parable of the good shepherd ? See B. S. 
Manual. 

To whom did Jesus refer, when he said that he had 
sheep " which are not of this fold 1* 

What event did the feast of dedication commemo- 
rate 1 

Where was Solomon's porch 1 

Chap. XI, 1-6. Who was sick? 

What message did the sisters send to him ? 
What did Jesus do ? 

7-1 G. What did he say to his disciples? 
What did they say to him ? 
What answer did he make them ? 
What did Thomas say ? 



QUESTIONS OX ST. JOHN. 73 

17-32. Describe the meeting of Jesus with 

the sisters. 
33-38. How was Jesus affected ? 
What did the Jews say of him ? 
39-44. Relate the circumstances of his raising 

Lazarus. 
45, 46. How were the Jews affected by this 

miracle ? 
47-53. What consultation did the chief priests 

and Pharisees hold together ? 
54. What did Jesus do ? 
55-57. What was the subject of inquiry as 
the time for the passover drew near ? 
Can you think of any reason why the raising of 
Lazarus is not mentioned by the other evange- 
lists ? 
What distance was fifteen furlongs ? 
Do you think Caiaphas fully understood the pro- 
phecy he delivered 1 
Why did Jesus avoid the chief priests and Phari- 
sees, if they had no power to take his life until 
his time was come ? 

Chap. XII, 1-8. Where did Jesus come, six 
days before the passover ? 
What happened at the table ? 
What did Judas Iscariot say ? 
What answer did Jesus make ? 
9-11. Who were there at this time, and what 
had brought them ? 
Why did the priests seek the life of Laza- 
rus ? 
12-19. Describe the Saviour's entrance into 
Jerusalem. 



74 QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 

20-22. What request did certain Greeks 
make? 

23-27. What did Jesus say when he heard 
of this ? 

28, 29. What solemn event now occurred ? 

30-36. How did he continue his address? 

37-41. "What was the effect of his teachings 
and miracles ? 

42, 43. What kept back many from confess- 
ing him ? 

44-50. What did Jesus say ? 

Who made the supper in Bethany ? Matt, xxvi, 6. 
What should you judge was the character of Ju- 
das, from the complaint he makes against Mary ? 
What is meant by he " had the bag V 
Who are meant by " certain Greeks f 
In what sense does Jesus " draw all men unto 
him f 

Chap. XIII, 1-17. What is said of the Sa- 
viour's affection for his own ? 
How did he teach them humility ? 
18-26. How did he foretell his betrayal? 
27-30. What is said of Judas ? 
31-35. What did Jesus say to them after 

Judas had gone out ? 
36-38. How was Peter's fall foretold? 
Who are meant by his own ? 
Was the washing of feet an act of hospitality in the 

East ? 
What is meant by " he laid aside his garments," in 

the fourth verse i 
Who is meant by the disciple "whom Jesus 

loved ?" 
What is meant by " Satan entered into him ?" 



QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 7 5 

Chap. XI Y, 1-7. How does the Saviour com- 
fort his disciples, in view of his de- 
parture ? 
8-14. How does he declare unto them the 

Father ? 
15-25. How does he counsel obedience to his 

commandments ? 
26. What does he say of the Comforter ? 
27-31. How does he affectionately take his 
leave of them ? 
To what may reference be had in the expression, 

" In ray Father's house are many mansions V 
What greater works did the apostles do than Christ 

had done ? 
Who is meant by the Comforter ? 
Who is meant by " the prince of this world ?" 

Chap. XV, 1-8. How does Christ liken himself 
and his disciples to a vine and its branch- 
es? 
9-17. How does he set forth his love to his 

disciples ? 
18-27. How does he foretell the persecutions 
they will be called to suffer ? 
Whom does he promise to send them? 
What vine was there in the temple that might 

have occasioned this allusion of our Saviour ? 
What is meant by "he purgeth it?" 
How do we abide in Christ ? 
What is it to bear much fruit ? 
How does the Comforter now testify of Christ ? 

Chap. XVI, 1-6. What further does he say of 
their persecutions ? 
7-14. How does he set forth the office of the 
Holy Spirit? 



16 QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN. 

15-27. What does he say of his departure, 
and the blessings that it would secure to 
his disciples ? 
28-33. What discoveries does Jesus make of 
himself to them ? 

Were these sufferings, as foretold by Christ, ex- 
perienced by the early disciples ? 

Can you recollect any persecutor in particular who 
thought he was " doing God service " in perse- 
cuting Christians ? 

To what period did the little while that they should 
not see him refer ? 

What day is referred to in the twenty-sixth verse 1 

Chap. XVII, 1-5. What affecting and sublime 
prayer does Jesus now offer for himself? 

6-19. How does he pray for his disciples? 

20-26. How for all who may hereafter be- 
come his disciples ? 

What is meant by " the hour is come V 
Who is meant by " the son of perdition ?"" 
What proof is there in this chapter of the pre-ex- 
istence of Christ ? 

Chap. XVIII, 1-12. Where did Jesus go after 
this discourse ? 
How did Judas know where to find him ? 
Relate the account of the arrest of Jesus 
by Judas and his followers. 
13, 14. Where did they lead Jesus? 
15-18. What is said of Peter? 
19-24. What occurred in the presence of the 

high priest ? 
25-27. Give an account of Peter's fall. 



QUESTIONS OX ST. JOHN. 77 

28-40. What took place in the hall of judg- 
ment, before Pilate ? 

Are there any material differences in the several 
accounts of these events by the different evan- 
gelists 1 

Why are they not exactly alike ? 

What garden did he enter ? 

For what purpose had Jesus resorted there ? 

Was he arrested in the day-time, or at night ? 

Why did they seek him by night ? 

Who, probably, was the other disciple, referred to 
in the fifteenth verse ? 

In what season was the passover ? 

Why did Pilate allow an innocent man to be cru- 
cified ? 

Chap. XIX, 1-16. What did the soldiers do to 
Jesus ? 
How did Pilate present him to the Jews ? 
What did the chief priests and officers say ? 
What did Pilate then say ? 
What said the Jews ? 

What then occurred in the judgment-hall ? 
17-24. Give an account of his crucifixion. 
25-27. What touching scene occurred as he 

hung upon the cross ? 
28-30. Describe his death. 
31-37. What occurred after his death? 
38-42. Describe his burial. 

What law did the Jews refer to, in the seventh 

verse 1 
Why did this fill Pilate with more fear? 
What is meant by " the preparation of the pass- 
over?" 
Was it crucifixion or agony of heart that caused 
Jesus to die, or did he voluntarily yield up his 
life? 



IS QUESTIONS ON ST. JOHN 

Chap. XX, 1-10. Who first visited the sepul- 
chre ? 
To whom did she bring information that 

the stone was rolled away ? 
What did these disciples do, and what did 
they discover ? 
11-18. Describe the interview of Mary Mag- 
dalene with Jesus. 
19-23. Relate his appearance to the disciples 

that evening. 
24-29. What did the absent Thomas say ? 

How was his unbelief removed ? 
30, 31. What does John say about the signs 
that Jesus did in the presence of the 
disciples ? 
Who went with Peter to the grave ? 
Why did not Mary recognize Jesus at first ? 
Why did Jesus forbid her touching him ? 

Chap. XXI, 1-14. Where did Jesus again show 
himself to his disciples ? 

Who were there ? 

Relate what happened at this time. 
15-19. What discourse did he hold with 

Simon Peter ? 
20-24. What is said in reference to the dis- 
ciple whom Jesus loved ? 

How does this book close ? 

Had Jesus promised to meet them in Galilee? 
Matt, xxviii, 10. 

Why had these disciples come back to Galilee ? 

Had they, at this time, an understanding of what 
their future course would be 1 

What is meant by more than these, in the fifteenth 
verse ? 



QUESTIONS OX THE ACTS. 79 

Who are the lambs, and who the sheep ? 
What was the end of Peter 1 

What is meant by " the icorlcl itself could not con- 
tain the books ?" &c. 



THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 

Chap. I, 1-11. How far had the former treatise 

brought down the history of Jesus 

Christ? 
How long did Jesus remain with his dis- 
ciples after his resurrection ? 
What directions did he give them ? 
Relate the circumstances of his ascension. 
12-14. What did the apostles do immediately 

after the ascension ? 
15-22. What address did Peter deliver to the 

apostles ? 
23-26. W T hat course did they take in the 

choice of an apostle ? 
Who was the author of this book ? 
What other book had he written l 
What is the meaning of passion, in the third verse ? 
What kind of a kingdom did the apostles expect, 

to the last, that Jesus would set up ? 
Who are meant by the two men, in the tenth verse ? 
What was a i: Sabbath-day's journey V s 
Is Mary, the mother of Jesus, again mentioned in 

Scripture ? 
Were one hundred and twenty all the disciples of 

Jesus at this time ? 
What is meant by the expression,." that he might 

go to his own place ? M 
What were lots ? 



80 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

Chap. II, 1-13. Describe the descent of the 

Holy Spirit. 
14-36. How were the people affected by it, 
and what did they say ? 
How did Peter defend and explain the 
miracle ? 
37-41. What was the effect of his sermon? 
42-47. How were the piety and affection of 
the disciples shown ? 
What was " the day of Pentecost ?" 
How long was this after the ascension of Jesus 1 
Of what was the rushing wind an emblem '? 
"What are " cloven tongues V 3 
Were these persons from different countries Jews 

or Gentiles ? 
What are meant by last days, in the seventeenth 

verse 1 
What is meant by " had all things common ?" 
What by ;; breaking bread from house to house ? M 
Why did the gift of tongues eventually cease in 
the Church A 

Chap. Ill, 1-11. Relate the circumstances of 
the healing of the lame man. 
12-26. Give the substance of Peter's address 
upon this occasion. 
What o'clock was the ninth hour ? 
What can you tell about the " beautiful gate ?" 
Why was the sick man laid there in particular ? 
Is ignorance always an excuse for sin \ 
What are meant by " the times of refreshing ? M 

Chap. IV, 1-4. What was done to Peter and 
John? 
How many believed the Word ? 
5-14, Who came together on the morrow? 



QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 81 

What defense of himself did Peter make ? 
15-22. What conference did the council have 
together ? 
What command did they lay upon Peter 

and John? 
W T hat answer did the apostles make ? 
What then happened ? 
23-31. What did the company of believers 
do and say, when the apostles returned ? 
32-37. What is said of their charity, at this 
time ? 
Who was the captain of the temple ? 
What is meant by unlearned and ignorant^ in the 

thirteenth verse ? 
Did the fact that God knew and designed the 
death of Christ lessen the sin of the Jews in his 
crucifixion ? 
Who were the Levites 1 

Was it by the command of the apostle", or volun- 
tarily, that the early disciples shared their goods 
with each other ? 
Is it probable that they held their property in com- 
mon, or that they considered themselves as stew- 
ards of it, and gave as they saw any brother 
might be in need ? 

Chap. V, 1-11. Relate the circumstances of 
the sin and death of Ananias and Sap- 
phira. 
What was the effect of this occurrence ? 
12-16. What is said of the miracles wrought 

by the apostles ? 
17, 18. What did the chief priests and Sad- 

ducees do to the apostles ? 
19-24. Relate the circumstances of their re- 
lease,. 

6 



82 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

25-28. What did the priests and the captain 

of the temple do and say ? 
29-32. What defense did Peter mate? 
33. What was the effect of his address ? 
34-40. What was the advice of Gamaliel ? 
41, 42. What did the apostles then do? 
In what did the sin of Ananias consist ? 
Why was it visited with so heavy a punishment ? 
Why did they bury them so quickly ? 
What is meant by signs and wonders being 

wrought by the hands of the apostles? 
Who were the Sadducees ? 
Can you think of a reason why they should 

especially persecute the apostles 1 
Whose teacher was Gamaliel ? 
What does the argument of Gamaliel prove, as to 
the divine origin of Christianity, now that it has 
existed so long 1 

Chap. VI, 1-T. What was the occasion of the 

appointment of deacons ? 

Who were chosen ? 
8-10. What is said of Stephen? 
11-14. What course did these persons take? 
15. What was the appearance of Stephen in 
the council ? 

Who are meant by the Hebrews and Grecians ? 

What is meant by " serve tables ?" 

Who were the Libertines ? 

Who the Cyrenians and Alexandrians 1 

Where was Cilicia ? 

What apostle was born there ? Chap, xxii, 3. 

What is the meaning of suborned? 

What is implied in the expression, " Saw his face 
as it had been the face of an angel V 

Chap. VII, 1-50. Give the substance of Ste- - 
phen's defense. 






QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 83 

51-53. What charge does he bring against 

them? 
54. How were they affected by his address ? 
• 55, 56. What did Stephen do and say ? 
57-60. Describe his death. 

Why did Stephen give this long historical sketch ? 
How is the fourteenth verse reconciled with Gen. 

xlvi, 27 1 
Who were Moloch and Remphan ? 
Who is meant by Jesus, in the forty-fifth verse 1 
What is meant by " the disposition of angels," in 

the fifty-third verse % 
Why did they stone Stephen 1 
What is meant by " they laid down their clothes ?" 
Of what was his final prayer significant ? 

Chap. VIII, 1-4. What is said of Saul, and the 
persecution the Church experienced ? 
5-8. With what success did Philip meet in 

Samaria ? 
9-13. What is said of Simon the sorcerer ? 
14-17. Who were sent down to Samaria? 

What spiritual gift did they confer ? 
18-24. How was the hypocrisy of Simon ex- 
posed ? 
25. What did the apostles do ? 
26-40. Whither was Philip sent ? 
Whom did he meet ? 
How was he engaged ? 
Describe the interview of Philip with him. 
What was the result of Philip's preaching 

to him? 
Where did Philip then go ? 
Did the persecution that the Church suffered ac- 
complish the object its enemies intended 1 
Who was Philip? Chap, vi, 5. 



84 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

What gifts of the Holy Spirit did the apostles con- 
fer % 

How did Simon accomplish the wonders he per- 
formed 1 

Where was Gaza ? 

Where Ethiopia % 

Chap. IX, 1,2. What is again said of Saul ? 
3-9. Relate the circumstances of his conver- 
sion. 
10-18. What message did the Lord give to 
Ananias ? 
What did Ananias do, and what occurred ? 
19-25. What did Saul do when he recovered ? 
What was the effect of his preaching ? 
What did the Jews seek to do ? 
How did he escape ? 
26-30. How did the disciples of Jerusalem 
feel towards Paul ? 
How did Barnabas introduce him ? 
What did Paul do in Jerusalem ? 
Where did the brethren send him, and for 
what reason ? 
31. What was the state of the churches at 

this time ? 
32-35. Where did Peter go? 
Whom did he meet at Lydda ? 
What miracle did he perform ? 
What was the effect of it ? 
36-43. What woman of Joppa is spoken of? 
W T hat is said of her ? 
At her death, for whom did they send ? 
Describe the visit and miracle of Peter. 
What was the effect of it ? 



QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 85 

Where did Simon dwell in Joppa ? 

What is implied in Saul's " breathing out threaten- 
ings and slaughter'?" 

Where was Damascus ? 

Did Saul preach chiefly among the Gentiles ? 

Did he go immediately from Damascus to Jerusa- 
lem ? Gal. i, 18-22. 

Where were Lydda and Saron 1 

Where was Joppa ? 

Why is the business mentioned of the man with 
whom Simon tarried 1 

Chap. X, 1-8. What is said of the character of 
Cornelius ? 
What vision did he see ? 
What commands did he receive ? 
What did Cornelius do ? 
9-16. While the men were approaching Jop- 
pa, what vision did Peter receive ? 
17-24. Who were now announced? 
What did the Spirit say to Peter ? 
What did Peter do ? 
25-33. Give an account of Peter's meeting 

with Cornelius. 
34-43. Give an outline of Peter's discourse. 
44-48. What effects immediately followed? 
What did Peter say and do ? 
What was the Italian band ? 
Are those that truly fear God always generous to 

the poor and suffering ? 
Was it customary to retire to the house-top for 

prayer ? 
What is a trance ? 

What was the object of the vision Peter saw ? 
How were all Gentiles esteemed by the Jews ? 
Who are meant by " they of the circumcision," in 
the fortv-fifth verse ? 



86 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

Chap. XI, 1-18. What did the apostles and 
brethren in Judea hear ? 

Of what did they of the circumcision ac- 
cuse Peter ? 

What defense did Peter offer ? 

How were the disciples affected ? 
19-24. Whither had the persecution scattered 
the disciples ? 

What was the effect of their preaching in 
Antioch ? 

Who was sent out as a laborer into this 
field? 

What is said of his character ? 
25, 26. Whose assistance did Barnabas ob- 
tain? 

What name did the disciples receive here ? 
27-30. What was foretold at this time, and 
when was the prophecy fulfilled ? 

To whom did the Antiochan disciples send 
relief? 

Where was Phenice ? 

Where Antioch ? 

By what names had the disciples been before 
known 1 

What is meant by " throughout all the world" in 
the twenty-eighth verse % 

Chap. XII, 1-11. Which of the apostles did 
Herod kill ? 

Whom did he afterwards apprehend ? 

How did he guard him ? 

What was done by the Church in his be- 
half? 

Describe his miraculous release. 



QUESTIONS OX THE ACTS. 87 

12-17. Where did Peter go, and how were 

they affected ? 
18, 19. What did Herod do when he found 

Peter had escaped ? 
20-23. Describe the death of Herod. 
How did the word of God prosper ? 
What is said of Barnabas and Saul ? 
What Herod killed James ? 
When was Easter, and whence did the name ori- 
ginate ? 
Of how many did a quaternion consist ? 
Who was the John Mark mentioned in the twelfth 



verse 



What did they mean by saying, ' ; It is his angel ?" 
Does Josephus confirm the narrative of Luke, as 
to the death of Herod ? 

Chap. XIII, 1-3. What prophets and teachers 
were connected with the Church at An- 
tioch ? 
What did the Holy Ghost say to them ? 
What did they do"? 
4, 5. Where did Barnabas and Saul go, and 

what did they do ? 
6-11. Relate the history of Elyrnas the sor- 
cerer. 

12. How was the deputy affected by this? 

13, 14. Where did they now go ? 

15-41. Give the substance of Paul's address 
in the synagogue at Antioch. 

42, 43. What did the Gentiles request? 
What took place after the congregation 
had separated ? 

44-49. Who came to hear them, on the next 
Sabbath ? 



88 QUESTIONS OK THE ACTS. 

How were the Jews affected ? 
What did Paul and Barnabas say to them ? 
What effect had their preaching upon the 
Gentiles ? 
50-52. What did the Jews do? 
What course did the apostles take ? 
In what manner did the Holy Ghost say to them, 

" separate," &c. ? 
Where was Seleucia ? 
Where Cyprus ? 
Where Salamis ? 
Where Paphos 1 

What do you know of these places 1 
What, probably, occasioned the change in Saul's 

name ? 
Can you think of any reason why they went first 

to Cyprus ? 
Where were Pamphylia and Perga? 
Why did John leave them ? Acts xv, 38. 
Where was Pisidia ? 
What is meant by " as many as were ordained to 

eternal life ?" 
Why did they shake the dust from their feet-? 
Where was Iconium ? 

Chap. XIV, 1-7. What success attended them 
in Iconium ? 
What did the unbelieving Jews do ? 
What attended their preaching? 
What induced them to leave ? 
Where did they go ? 
8-10. Give an account of the cure of the 

cripple at Lystra. 
11-13. What did the people say and do at 

the sight of this miracle ? 
14-18. What did Paul and Barnabas say? 



QUESTIONS OX THE ACTS. 89 

19, 20. Who originated a persecution against 
Paul? 
What salvation from death, bv stoning, did 
he experience ? 
21-38. Where did they then journey ? 
What did they do ? 
Whither did they return ? 
What report did they make to the Church ? 

Where was Lyeaonia? 

Why did the inhabitants of Iconium esteem them 

to be gods 1 
Was the healing of Paul miraculous \ 
Where were Perga and Attalia ? 
What was the first foreign mission ? 

Chap. XV, -1-6. What did certain men from 
Judea teach in Antioch ? 
How did the Church determine to settle 

the question ? 
When Paul and Barnabas came to Jerusa- 
lem, what did they do ? 
What charge was made against them ? 
7-21. What opinion did Peter offer in the 
council ? 
What did Paul do ? 

What did James declare to be the decision 
of the matter ? 
22-29. Whom did the apostles and elders 
send ? 
What was the substance of the letter they 
wrote ? 
30-35. How did the brethren fulfill their 
mission ? 



90 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

How did Paul and Barnabas employ them- 
selves ? 
36-41. What did Barnabas propose to Paul ? 

What difference of opinion divided them ? 

Where did each go ? 

What was the origin of these Judaizing difficulties ? 

Where was Phenice % 

Why did the apostles send down other brethren 
with Paul and Barnabas ? 

Why did they guard them against meats offered to 
idols, — strangled food and blood ! 

Were Paul and Mark afterwards reconciled ? Col. 
iv, 10. 

Was the unfortunate contention of these good men 
overruled to the wider extension of the work of 
God? 

Chap. XYI, 1-5. Where did Timothy reside, 
and what is said of him ? 
Why did Paul circumcise him ? 
What did they then do ? 
6-13. Where were they forbidden to go? 
Whither was Paul invited, in a vision ? 
Whither did he therefore go ? 
Where did they go on the Sabbath ? 
14, 15. What is said of Lydia ? 
16-18. Relate the healing of the damsel pos- 
sessed with a spirit of divination. 
19-24. What did her masters do? 

What was done with the apostles ? 
25-34. Relate what happened during that 

night. 
35-40. What word came to the jailer, in the 
morning ? 
What did Paul sav ? 



QUESTIONS OX THE ACTS. 91 

How were the magistrates affected by this, 
and what did they do ? 

Where did the apostles go from the prison ? 

Why would the circumcision of Timothy render 
him more successful in the mission upon which 
Paul took him ? 

Did Paul act inconsistently with his previous acts 
in this ? 

Where were Phrygia and Galatia ? 

"What is here meant by Asia ? 

Where was Troas ? 

Where Macedonia ? 

Where Philippi ! 

What is meant by the expression, " where prayer 
was wont to be made ?" 

What by a " spirit of divination ? M 

How did she know what she asserted of the apos- 
tles ? 

What were stocks 1 

How could they -sing and rejoice under these cir- 
cumstances 1 

Why did the magistrates fear when they heard that 
they were Romans ? 

How was Paul a Poraan 1 

Chap. XVII, 1-9. Whither did Paul go, and 
what did he do in Thessalonica ? 
What was the result ? 
"What did the unbelieving Jews do ? 
10-15. Where did Paul and Silas go? 
What is said of the Bereans ? 
Who followed the apostles hither ? 
Where did Paul go ? 
16-31. What did he do in Athens? 
Who encountered him ? 
Where did they bring him? 
What noble address did Paul deliver there 2 



92 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

32-34. What was the effect of his discourse ? 
Who believed ? 
Where were Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessa- 

loriica I 
What is meant by " taking security of Jason V 
Where is Berea ? 
Where Athens ? 

Who were the Epicureans and Stoics ? 
For what purpose was Mars-hill used 1 
For whom was this altar to the unknown God pro 

bably intended ? 
Who were the Areopagites ? 

Chap. XVIII, 1-11. Where did Paul go from 

Athens ? 
With whom did he reside ? 
How did he support himself? 
What did he do on the Sabbath ? 
Why did he cease laboring among the 

Jews? 
Who believed on the Lord ? 
What vision did Paul receive ? 
How long did he labor there ? 
12-17. What transpired before the tribunal 

of Gallio ? 
18-23. Where did he sail from Corinth ? 
What occurred in Ephesus ? 
Where did he then journey ? 

24-28. What is said of Apollos ? 
Where is Corinth ? 
Why was the trade of Paul a good one in those 

days ? 
What was signified by Paul's shaking his raiment ? 
Where was Achaia ? 
Where Cenchrea 1 ? 
Where Ephesus ? 



QUESTIONS OX THE ACTS. 93 

Where Alexandria ? 

What is meant by his " knowing only John's bap- 
tism ?" 

Chap. XIX, 1-12. What did Paul say to the 
disciples at Ephesus ? 
What answer did they give ? 
What did Paul then do ? 
How did Paul spend the time, for two 

years, in Ephesus ? 
What miracles did he perform ? 
13-20. What is said of the exorcists, — of 

Sceva and his sons in particular ? 
21-41. Where was Paul purposed in spirit 
to go ? 
What disturbance occurred in Ephesus ? 
What is meant by the upper coasts ? 
By whom had these pious persons in Ephesus pro- 
bably been taught ? 
Who were exorcists ? 
What is meant by curious arts? 
What would be the present value of fifty thousand 

pieces of silver 3 
What were these silver shrines ? 
Who are meant by the " chief of Asia ? M 
Who was Diana'? 

What was probably the image that they said fell 
down from Jupiter ? 

Chap. XX, 1-12, Where did Paul go from 
Ephesus ? 

Where did he abide three months ? 

Who were his companions in his next jour- 
ney ? 

Where did they abide seven days ? 

Give an account of the death and raising 
of Eutychus. 



94 QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 

13-31. Describe Paul's voyage to Miletus. 

Whither did he then send, and for whom ? 

What address did he deliver to them ? 
32-36. How did he take leave of them ? 
37, 38. How were they affected? 

Why did they abide just seven days in Troas ? 

Who are meant by we, in the sixth verse ? 

Why was the upper chamber used for a meeting ? 

Was Eutychus dead, or only insensible ? 

What is meant by " bound in the spirit '?" 

What by " grievous wolves ?" 

Chap. XXI, 1-16. Describe Paul's voyage to 

Cesarea. 
With whom did they put up here ? 
What prophecy did Agabus put forth ? 
How were Paul's companions affected ? 
What answer did he make ? 
Who went up to Jerusalem with them ? 
17-26. What did Paul do when he reached 

the city ? 
What did the apostles say, and what did 

they request him to do ? 
What did Paul therefore do ? 
27-40. What happened when the seven days 

were nearly completed ? 
What counsel did the chief captain take ? 
What did Paul say to him, as he was led 

into the castle ? 
What inquiry did the captain make ? 
What was Paul's answer ? 
What did Paul then do ? 
Where were Coos and Rhodes % 
Where was Ptolemais ? 
Where Cesarea ! 



QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 95 

Who was this Philip the evangelist 1 

What was the object of the request that James and 
the Elders made of Paul 1 

What is meant by the expression, "have a vow on 
them 1" 

What by " be at charges with them ?" 

Why did they shut the doors of the temple, when 
they had drawn Paul out ? 

What castle is referred to in the thirty-fourth verse, 
and where was it ? 

Who was the Egyptian referred to in the thirty- 
eighth verse 1 



Chap. XXII, 1-16. Give Paul's account of him- 
self, and his conversion. 

17-21. How had he been commissioned to 
preach to the Gentiles ? 

22, 23. What happened when he said this? 

24-30. What did the chief captain command 

to be done with Paul ? 
What did Paul say ? 
What further conversation did they have 

together ? 
What was then done with Paul ? 

Why did his speaking in Hebrew secure their atten- 
tion ? 

What did he mean by saying he had been brought 
up at the feet of Gamaliel? 

What by " the law of the fathers V 

How do you reconcile the ninth verse with chapter 
ix, r? 

Does baptism wash away sins 1 

What was it in Paul's speech that roused their 

anger f 
What is meant by " examined by scourging ?" 
What did Paxil mean by his hemg free-born ? 



90 QUESTIONS OjS t THE ACTS. 

Chap. XXIII, 1-10. How did Paul commence 
his defense ? 
What occurred between him and the high 

priest ? 
How did Paul excite a division in his favor ? 
What then occurred ? 
1 1 . What vision appeared to Paul that night ? 
12-15. What conspiracy was made against 

Paul ? 
16-22. How was the plot discovered? 
23-35. What course did the chief captain 
take? 
-What were the contents of the letter he 

sent? 
What did the governor say and do, when 

he received the letter ? 
May we be conscientious, ard yet be wrong? 
What did Paul mean by the expression, " thou 

whited wall T 
Was Paul improperly angry at this time 1 
What is the force of his apology ? 
How did the assertion in reference to the resurrec- 
tion make the Pharisees Paul's friends ? 
Do you suppose those u forty Jews and more " 
actually starved themselves to death, as they 
did not kill Paul ? 
Of what was Felix the governor ? 

Chap. XXIV, 1-9. Who came down to Cesarea 
to accuse Paul ? 
What charge did Tertullus bring against 
him ? 
10-21. What defense did Paul make? 
22, 23. What did Felix say, and what liberty- 
did he allow Paul ? 



QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 91 

24-27. In whose presence did Paul ha\e a 
second hearing ? 
How was Felix affected, and what did he 

say? 
What is said of his covetousness ? 
Who succeeded him in office ? 
What is here meant by an orator? 
Did Tertullus seem to have had much regard for 

the truth ? 
Why were the members of the Christian Church 

called Nazarenes ? 
What was the character of Felix ? 
What of Drusilla ? 
Why was Felix removed from office ? 

Chap. XXV, 1-11. What did the high priest 
and chief of the Jews desire of Festus ? 
What answer did he make them ? 
What did they do ? 
What answer did Paul make ? 
What did Festus ask of him ? 
What answer did Paul give him ? 
12. What did Festus say? 
13-21. Who came to visit Festus ? 

What did Festus tell him of Paul ? 
22-27. What request did Agrippa make? 
W T hat happened on the morrow ? 
What introductory speech did Festus 

make ? 
Who is meant by Cesar ? 

Why was Paul unwilling to be tried in Jeru- 
salem 1 
What is the meaning of the expression, " I appeal 

unto Cesar?" 
Was this the privilege of every Koman citizen ? 
Who was Agrippa ? 



98 QUESTIONS. ON THE ACT& 

Who was Bernice ? 

Who is meant by Augustus, in the twenty-first 
verse ? 

Chap. XXYI, 1-23. Can you give the sub- 
stance of Paul's defense before King 
Agrippa ? 
24. What did Festus say when he came to 
speak of Christ's sufferings and resur- 
rection ? 
25-27. How did he still further defend him- 
self? 
28, 29. What answer did Agrippa make 
him? 
What did Paul say ? 
30-32. Wliat conference did Agrippa and 
Festus have concerning Paul ? 
To whom did Paul refer, when he says, I am 
* judged " for the hope of the promise made of 
God unto our Father," ver. 6 ? 
For what characteristic is this defense particularly 

noted ? 
Why did they not release him when they found 

him innocent ? 
Had Divine providence an intention in his going 
to Rome 1 

Chap. XXVII, 1-8. Describe Paul's voyage to 
"The Fair Havens." 
9-13. What advice did Paul give them here ? 

What was determined upon ? 
14-26. Describe the tempest that fell upon 
them. 
What exhortation and encouragement did, 
Paul give thera ? 



QUESTIONS ON THE ACTS. 99 

27-44. Relate the circumstances of their 

approach to land. 
How did they reach the shore ? 
Where is Italy ? 
What is its capital ? 

Who are meant by we in the first verse 1 
What is the meaning of courteously entreated? 
Where is Cyprus ? 
What is meant by, under Cyprus ? 
Why were they forced in those days to creep along 

by the shores, and not venture out into the sea 7 
What trade was there between Egypt and Italy ? 

Ver. 38. 
Where is Crete ? 
Where Phenice ? 
How did Paul know that the voyage would be 

dangerous ? , v 

What was the Euroclydon ? 
Where is Clauda 1 
What is meant by Adria ? 

Chap. XXVIII, 1-6. Relate the miracle of the 
viper. 
7-10. What other miracles did Paul per- 
form ? 
How did the people show their gratitude ? 
11-13. Describe their voyage to Puteoli. 
14-16. Give an account of their journey 

thence to Rome. 
17-22. Whom did Paul call together? 
What did he say to them ? 
What answer did they make him ? 
23-29. What did Paul do when they came 
to his lodgings ? 
What was the effect of his discourse ? 
What did Paul say as they separated ? 



100 QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 

30, 31. How long did he remain in Rome? 
How was he engaged ? 
"Where was Melita ? 

Why were they called barbarous people ? 
What is meant by, " Whose sign was Castor and 

Pollux r 
Where were Syracuse, Rhegium, and Puteoli ? 
How did the brethren know he was coming ? 
Where is Appii-Forum 1 
Is there a modern town bearing a similar name to 

" The Three Taverns ?" 
Why did he call the Jews together 1 
How was Paul supported at this time ? 
Can you give an account of his after history and 

death ? 



THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. 

Chap. I, 1-7. With what salutation and intro- 
duction does Paul commence his Epistle ? 

8-10. What thanks and supplication had he 
offered to God ? 

11-15. What does he say of his desires in 
their behalf? 

16, 17. Wliy is he not ashamed of the Gos- 
pel of Christ ? 

18. Against what is the wrath of God re- 
vealed ? 

19-23. How had God revealed himself to the 
Gentile world ? 
How had they perverted this revelation ? 

24-28. What had been the consequence of 
this perversion ? 



QUESTIONS OX ROMANS. 101 

29-32. Into what terrible sins had they 
fallen ? 
Who was the author of this Epistle % 
From whence was it written, and what was its de ■ 

sign? See B. S. Manual. 
What is the meaning of the term apostle ? 
How was Christ the " seed of David ?" 
What is meant by, "according to the Spirit of 

holiness ?" 
Who are meant by saints ? 

What is meant by, " throughout the whole world ?" 
What is the meaning of let, in the thirteenth verse ? 
Who are meant by barbarians, in the fourteenth 

verse ? 
What does he mean by saying, he is a debtor to 

Greeks and barbarians ? 
What is meant by holding <; the truth in unright- 
eousness V 
Are you acquainted with any facts that justify the 

assertion of the apostle in reference to the objects 

of idolatrous worship ? 
What do missionaries inform us in reference to 

the moral state of the heathen ? 
If they are spiritually blind, why are they to be 

blamed for their sin ? 

Chap. II, 1-10. Why was the wicked Jew in- 
excusable ? 
What w r ould be the character of the Di- 
vine awards ? 
11-16. By what standards would the Jew 

and Gentile be judged ? 
17-20. What was the boast of the Jew ? 
21-29. How does the apostle show the aggra- 
vated nature of their sin by the light and 
privileges they enjoyed ? 
Whom does the apostle seem to address in this 
chapter ? 



102 QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 

Did the Jews judge the Gentiles worthy of eternal 
death for their sins ? 

And yet were they guilty of many of the same 
crimes ? 

Did the Jews expect salvation even in their sins, 
if faithful to outward forms % 

Will rich external privileges, if unimproved, 
save us 1 

What is meant by sinning without law, and perish- 
ing without law ? 

Are the heathen judged by the same standard 
that we are ? 

By what are they judged ? 

Even judged by this standard, according to the 
apostle, will the mass of them be lost ? 

Will the Gospel increase or decrease the proba- 
bilities of their eternal salvation ? 

Who are meant by " the uncircumcision V 

What is meant by " circumcision of the heart '?" 

Chap. Ill, 1-4. What advantage was it to have 
been a Jew ? 
Did the fact that some did not improve 
their opportunities, or believe in their 
hearts, lessen the mercy of God ? 
5-8. Will the fact, that our unrighteousness 
gives an opportunity for the exhibition 
of the righteousness or mercy of God in 
the Gospel, excuse us ? 
9-20. Is the Jew better than the Gentile by 
nature ? 
How does he assert the universal sinfulness 

of the race ? 
What follows from this as to our justifica- 
tion? 
21-31. How is the righteousness that God 
requires secured ? 



QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 103 

How does the apostle set forth justification 

by faith ? 
Is the law made void by faith ? 
What are meant by the " oracles of God ?" 
What is meant by " the faith of God," in the third 

verse ? 
What by " slanderously reported V 
What by, " that every mouth may be stopped V 
What is the meaning of justified^ in the Gospel use 

of the word ? 
What of redemption ? 
What of propitiation % 

Chap. IV, 1-12. How does the apostle prove 
that Abraham was justified by faith ? 
13-22. How does he show that it was by 
faith, and not by the law, that Abraham 
received the promise that he should be 
heir of the world ? 
23-25. For whose benefit was Abraham's 
faith recorded ? 

What is meant by Abraham's faith being " reckon- 
ed to him for righteousness" "in uncircum- 
cision V 1 

How does this affect the argument with the Jew ? 

What is meant by Abraham's being the " heir of 
the world V 

What by " the law worketh wrath V 1 

What by " faith being imputed for righteous- 
ness V 

How does the resurrection of Christ affect our jus- 
tification ? 

Chap. V, 1-5. What are the happy effects of 
justification by faith ? 
6-11. How has God commended his love 
to us? 



104 QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 

What does the apostle infer from this as 

to the certainty of our salvation if we 

believe ? 
What emotion will this assurance excite ? 
12-14. What have been the effects of sin? 
1 5-2 1 . What of the grace of God in the 

death of Christ ? 
What is the meaning of access, in the second verse ? 
Why does the Christian glory in tribulation ? 
What is meant by " hope maketh not ashamed V 
What is the meaning of commendeth ? 
What of wrath, in the ninth verse ? 
What of, " much more, being reconciled, we shall 

be saved by his life ?" 
What of atonement ? 
What was the origin of death ? 
What is the meaning of, " the free gift came upon 

all men unto justification of life ?" 
What of, " the law entered that the offense might 

abound V\ 

Chap. VI, 1-10. How does he show that the 
Gospel affords no license to sin? 
11-20. What practical exhortations does he 
give in reference to deadness to sin and 
life unto God ? 
21-23. What is the end of sin? 
What of holiness ? 
In what sense is the Christian dead to sin ? 
What is meant by being " baptized into the death 

of Christ?" 
What by the " body of sin .?" 
What by " reckon ye also yourselves to be dead f 9 

&c. 
What by our not being " under the law, but under 

grace V 1 
What by the " wages of sin f " 



QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 105 

Chap. VII, 1-6. How long has the law do- 
minion over a man ? 
By what figure does the apostle show that 
spiritual death releases us from the obli- 
gations of the law as the condition of 
justification ? 
What is the effect of a union with Christ ? 
7-13. Is it the law that is sinful ? 

But what is the office of the law ? 
14-24. How does the apostle portray the 
struggles of a convicted but unregene- 
rated heart with the law of God ? 
25. In what remedy for this desperate situa- 
tion does the apostle exult ? 
To what law do we become dead bv the body of 

Christ ? 
What is meant by " the body of Christ V 
In what sense do we become dead to the law ? 
What is meant by the term letter, in the sixth 

verse ? 
What by, " I had not known sin but by the law T' 
What is the meaning of the ninth verse ? 
How does the law make " sin exceedingly sinful V* 
What is the meaning of carnal ? 
What of, " sold under sin I" 
How does the Gospel secure the convicted and 

penitent man a victory in this spiritual battle ? 
What is the office of the moral law to a believer ? 

Chap. VIII, 1-9. What does the Gospel per- 
form for the believer ? 

10-17. What are the blessed privileges of 
those that are in Christ Jesus ? 

18-25. What blissful expectations encourage 
them ? 



106 QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 

26, 27. What Divine aid do they enjoy in 
their weakness ? 

28-31. What interest has God in their be- 
half? 

32-39. What strong ground has he for trust 

in the Divine providence ? 
Against what is he defended ? 
W^hat cannot separate him from the love 

of God ? 
What is meant by being in Christ ? 
What by walking " not after the flesh, but after 

the Spirit ?" 
What by " the law of the Spirit of life in Christ 

Jesus ?" 
What by the c; likeness of sinful flesh f 
How does the marginal reading render for sin. in 

the third verse ? 
What is meant by the " righteousness of the law V 1 
What is the meaning of Abba ? 
How does the Spirit bear witness with our spirits ? 
Can you tell the meaning of the passage included 

in verses 1 7 and 23 ? 
What is the sense of the twenty-ninth and thirtieth 

verses ? 
Who are "God's elect?" 



Chap. IX, 1-5. How deep and sincere was the 
apostle's interest in behalf of his own 
nation ? 
6-13. Is it the natural or spiritual seed that 

inherit the promise ? 
14-24. How does the apostle assert the right 
of the Almighty to determine his own 
terms of salvation, and to distribute his 
gifts ? 



QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 107 

25-29. How does he show, from Scripture 
quotations, that all Israel will not be 
saved, and that God intended also the 
salvation of the Gentiles ? 
30-33. What conclusion does he draw from 
his previous reasoning ? 

Why had Israel come short ? 

What did the apostle mean by ;; accursed from 
Christ T 

What is the meaning of, " to whom pertaineth the 
adoption, and the glory, and the covenants f &c. 

Who is " God over all, blessed V &c. 

Does an election to religious opportunities of itself 
secure salvation ? 

Does a deprivation of these privileges necessarily 
peril salvation 1 

Does God exercise his sovereign will in reference 
to the final happiness of his creatures irrespective 
of their moral characters 1 

Who is meant by Osee ? 

What is the meaning of Sabaoth ? 

What is meant by the law of righteousness, in the 
thirty-first verse 1 

Who is referred to under the figure of a stumbling- 
stone ? 

In what sense was Christ a il rock of offense ? M 

Chap. X, 1-11. For what did the apostle pray? 
Where had the Jew failed in his duty ? 
What does the apostle say of Christ ? 
In what does the righteousness of the law 

consist ? 
In what the righteousness of faith ? 
12-17. Is there any difference here between 
Jew and Greek ? 
Who shall be saved ? 



108 QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 

What questions does Paul suppose an ob- 
jector may ask ? 
18-21. How does the apostle meet this ob- 
jection ? 

Was it, then, for lack of knowledge or for 
willful disobedience that Israel was lost ? 

What is meant by a " zeal for God ?" 

What by " God's righteousness," in the third 
verse ? 

What by " their own righteousness f 

What by " Christ is the end of the law for right- 
eousness V 

What is signified here by the terms ascend and 
descend ? 

What by believeth unto righteousness ? 

To whom was the Gospel first offered ? 

How had they treated it ? 

Chap. XI, 1-10. Is this rejection of Israel uni- 
versal ? 
11, 12. Are they forever rejected? 

How were the Gentiles benefited by their 

fall? 
Will their recovery secure additional bene- 
fits? 
13-21. What exhortations to humility and 
sympathy in behalf of the Jews does the 
apostle give ? 
22. What attributes of God were exhibited 

in this ? 
23-32. Will Israel be again recovered? 
33-36. With what solemn and sublime strains 
of adoration does he close this chapter ? 
Who are meant by his people, in the first verse ? 
What is the sense of, " God hath not cast away 
his people which he foreknew ?" 



QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 109 

What of, " according to the election of grace V 
In what sense did God give Israel "a spirit of 

slumber ?" &c. 
What is the meaning of, that they should fall, in the 

eleventh verse 1 
In what sense did the unbelief of the Jews secure 

the salvation of the Gentiles ? 
Are there strong grounds of encouragement in this 

chapter to hope for the recovery of Israel ? 
What is meant by, " God hath concluded them all 

in unbelief?'' 

Chap. XII, 1-8. What is the reasonable service 
of every believer ? 
What exhortations to piety, humility, and 
diligence does he deliver? 
9-21. What duties in particular does he en- 
join upon them ? 
What is meant by present your bodies ? 
What by a living sacrifice ? 
What by " be ye transformed by the renewing of 

your minds ?" 
What by " through the grace given unto me ¥* 
What by " the measure of faith ?" 
What by " thou shalt heap coals of fire on his 
head ? 5 ' 

Chap. XIII, 1-7. How should legal authorities 
be treated ? 
8-10. How does he enjoin mutual love ? 

11-14. How temperance and sobriety? 
What is meant by " the powers that be l n 
In what sense are they " ordained of God ?" 
Does the apostle command passive obedience under 

all circumstances? 
What is meant by " he beareth not the sword in 

vain ?" 
What is the meaning of tribute ? 



110 QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. 

What of, " owe no man anything ?" 

In what sense is love the fulfilling of the law ? 

What is meant by, " now is our salvation nearer 

than when we believed ?" 
What by " put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ ?" 

Chap. XIV, 1-6. What reference should be had 
to the weakness of others ? 
?-9. What should be the character and ex- 
tent of Christian devotion ? 

10-13. How should Christian brethren be 

treated ? 
14-23. What exhortations does he give Gen- 
tile Christians in reference to eating and 
drinking ? 

What is meant by doubtful disquisitions ? 

Were some of the converted Jews strenuous as to 
the observance of the fasts and ceremonies of the 
Mosaic law ? 

What was the design of the apostle in these pre- 
cepts 1 

What is meant by the expression, " the kingdom 
of God is not meat and drink ?" 

What kind of meat is referred to in the twentieth 
verse 1 

What is meant by, " he that doubteth is damned 
if he eat I" 

Chap. XV, 1-4. How should the weak, there- 
fore, be treated ? 
5-*7. What prayer does he offer in their be- 
half? 
How should they receive each other ? 
8-13. How does he show that both Jews and 
Gentiles should live in peace and har- 
mony, and rejoice together ? 



QUESTIONS ON ROMANS. Ill 

14-22. What does he say of himself and his 

labors ? 
23, 24. When does he propose a visit ? 
25-27. For what object was he about to visit 

Jerusalem ? 
28, 29. What does he say of his coming to 

them? 
30-33. For what does he request their pray- 
ers ? 
Who are meant by the strong, in the first verse ? 
How do the Holy Scriptures minister to our com- 
fort and hope 1 
What is meant by " receive ye one another ?" &c. 
Where was Illyricum 3 ^ 
What is meant by being " brought on his way 

thitherward by them V' 
What by, " to minister unto the saints V 

Chap. XVI, 1-16. With what individual salu- 
tations does he draw his Epistle to a 
close ? 
17-19. What does he say of those that cause 
divisions ? 
What of then* obedience ? 
20-27. How does he, in connection with his 
friends, unitedly salute them, and con- 
clude ? 
What is meant by " a servant of the Church," in 

the first verse ? 
What is the meaning of " a succorer V 
In what sense had Priscilla and Aquila c; laid down 

their own necks " for Paul ? 
What is meant by " the Church in their house V 
In what sense was the mother of Rufus also the 
mother of Paul q 



'112 QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 

Is the kiss a usual method of friendly salutation 

in the East ? 
What is meant by being " simple concerning 

evil ?" 
What by, " the God of peace shall bruise Satan 

under your feet V 
In what sense did Tertius write this Epistle ? 
What is meant by mystery, in the twenty-fifth 

verse ? 
Why is God called only wise ? 



FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. 

Chap. I, 1-3. With what salutation does Paul 
commence this Epistle ? 
4-9. For what does he offer thanks to God ? 
10. What exhortation to unity does he give 

them? 
11-17. What had Paul heard ? 

How does he show the groundlessness of 

their divisions ? 
For what especial work had Christ sent 
him forth ? 
18-21. What does he say of the preaching 

of the cross ? 
22-25. What had been the effect of this 
preaching upon the Jew and Gentile ? 
What upon "them which are called?" 
What reason is given for this ? 
26-31. Of what class were there not many in 
the Church? 
Whom had God chosen, and for what pur- 
pose ? 



QUESTIONS OX L CORINTHIANS. 113 

What does Christ become to those that are 
in him ? 

What follows from this ? 

What can you relate of this Epistle, and the occa- 
sion of its being written ? 

Where was Corinth ? 

Who was Sosthenes ? Acts xviii, 17. 

What is meant by ' : through the icill of God" in the 
first verse ? 

What by t; to them that are sanctified in Christ 
Jesus f* 

What by their being " enriched by him in all 
utterance V 

What by " the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ f 

What by their ' ; speaking the same thing ?" 

Who is meant by Cephas ? 

What did Paul mean by saying he was not sent 
to baptize ? 

How was the preaching of the cross a stumbling- 
block to the Jew 3 

How foolishness to the Greek ? 

What is meant by t; them which are called ?" 

Why are not the wise, mighty, and noble called ? 

Chap. II, 1- 7. What does Paul say of the man- 
ner and character of his preaching ? 
8-10. Who have not discovered the hidden 
wisdom of God ? 
What is said of it ? 

How does God reveal it to his children ? 
11, 12. How- does he explain the operation 

of the Spirit ? 
13-16. In wdiat did the apostle preach these 
truths ? 
What does he say of the natural man ? 
What of the spiritual ? 
Wlose mind did the Saviour say they had? 



114 QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 

What is meant by the testimony of God ? 

What by " I am determined not to know anything 

among you save Jesus Christ," &c. 1 
What by " we speak wisdom among them that are 

perfect ? M 
What by " the wisdom of God in a mystery ?" 
What is meant by the " natural man V 
What is the meaning of judgeih, in the fifteenth 

verse ? 
What of the expression, " we have the mind of 

Christ?" 

Chap. Ill, 1-9. How does Paul reprove them 
for their dissensions ? 
10-15. What is the only true foundation of 

the Church ? 
16, 17. To what does he liken the Christian? 
What, therefore, should be their character ? 
18-23. What does he say of worldly wisdom ? 
What are the Christian's possessions ? 

What is meant by carnal, and by babes, in the first 

verse 1 
What by milk and meat ? 
What by " even as the Lord gave to every man," 

in the fifth verse ? 
What by " ye are God's husbandry ; ye are God's 

building V 
What is signified by " gold, silver, precious 

stones ?" 
What by " wood, hay, stubble ?" 
What by " everv man's work shall be revealed by 

fire ?" 
What is the meaning of the fifteenth verse ? 
In what sense is the Church the temple of God? 
How can any man defile this temple ? 
In what sense should a man become a fool? 
How may all things be said to be the Christian's ? ' 
What is meant bv Christ is GocPs? 



QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 115 

Chap. IV, 1-6. How should ministers be re- 
garded ? 

Before whose tribunal will they be judged ? 

For what purpose had he made this refer- 
ence to Apollos and himself? 
7-13. How does the apostle teach humility 
in the estimation of our gifts and graces ? 

What does he say of their state ? 

What was the situation of the apostles 
contrasted with theirs ? 
14-21. Why does he write these things? 

What does he say of his relation to them ? 

W r hy had he sent Timothy to them ? 

How would he himself come to them ? 

What is meant bv " stewards of the mysteries of 
God?" 

Does the apostle mean that he had no regard for 
human opinion I 

What is meant by " I know nothing by myself," 
verse 4. 

What by his having transferred these things in a 
figure to Apollos and himself? 

What is the sense of the eighth verse 1 

To what is allusion had in the ninth verse % 

In what sense was he a father to them ? 

Who was Timotheus, and in what sense was he 
Paul's son ? 

What does he mean by the expression, "I will 
know not the speech of them winch are puffed 
up, but the power f 

Chap. V, 1-8. What sin prevailed among them ? 
How had he decided the case ? 
How should they purify themselves, and 
for what reason ? 
9-13, What had he written in an epistle? 



116 QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 

What did he now write ? 

What does he say of them that are with- 
out ? 

What did he mean by present in spirit, in the third 
verse ? 

What by " have judged already ? 

What is the meaning- of " and my spirit, with the 
power of our Lord Jesus Christ V 

What by " to deliver such an one unto Satan ?" 

What by " for the destruction of the flesh," &c. ! 

To what is reference had in the seventh and eighth 
verses ? 

What is meant by Christ our passover? 

Does the apostle mean that he had written a pre- 
vious epistle to the Corinthians, or that he had 
given this advice in a previous portion of this 
Epistle ! See verses 2-7. 

What is implied in the injunction not to eat with 
such a one ? 

Who are meant by " them that are without ?" 

Chap. VI, 1-8. What cautions does he give 
against going to law in heathen courts ? 
9-11. Who cannot inherit the kingdom of 
God? 

What had the Gospel done for them ? 
12-20. Are lawful gratifications alivays ex- 
pedient ? 

Why should we not allow ourselves to be 
enslaved by our appetites ? 

What does the apostle say of our bodies ? 

Upon what considerations does he found 
his exhortations to purity and self-de- 
nial ? 

What is the sense of, " dare any of you ?" 

Who are meant by the xinjtist ? 

Who by the saints? 



QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 117 

What is meant by ' : the saints shall judge the 
world ?" 

What by " shall judge angels ?" 

What by " set them to judge who are least esteem- 
ed in the Church ?" 

What by " ye are washed V 

What by sanctified ? 

What by justified ? 

What is meant by all things, in the twelfth verse ? 

What by " not expedient V 

What isthe force of the argument in the thirteenth 
verse ? 

What is meant bv our bodies being the : ' members 
of Christ ? ,J 

How may we glorify God in our body ? 

How in our spirit ? 

Chap. VII, 1-16. Does the apostle forbid mar- 
riage ? 

Does he forbid polygamy ? 

Were married persons to seek divorces ? 

Were they if either of the parties were un- 
believers ? 
17-24. How does he caution all to be con- 
tented with their allotted position ? 
25-35. Did their peculiar persecutions justify 
in some cases a single wife ? 

But does he definitely advise to this course ? 

"What considerations should serve to render 
these relations less objects of especial 
regard and sources of comfort ? 

How should this world be used, and why? 

What are the spiritual advantages, in some 
cases, of an unmarried state ? 

Does the apostle intend in this chapter to disparage 
legal and appropriate marriages 1 



118 QUESTIONS ON I CORINTHIANS. 

What is meant by the expression, " I speak this 
by permission, and not of commandment ? w 

What by " to the rest speak I, not the Lord ?" 

Does the apostle teach that the marriage of a be- 
liever with an unbeliever may be dissolved if one 
party desires it, (verse 15 ;) or merely, that if the 
unbelieving husband leaves his wife, she shall 
submit to it, without marrying again ? 

Does the apostle in the least disclaim inspiration 
in the twenty-fifth verse ? 

What is meant by the present distress ? 

What by " use this world as not abusing itf 

What is implied by the expression " only in the 
Lord." in the thirty-ninth verse 1 

Chap. YIII, 1-3. What does he say of the dan- 
ger of a high conceit of knowledge ? 
4-8. What does he say of meats offered to 

idols ? 
9-13. How should a weak brother's con- 
science be regarded in this matter ? 
Were the heathen accustomed to eat parts of the 

animals that had been offered to their idols ? 
What is meant by " we all have knowledge V 1 
What by " if any man think that he knoweth any- 
thing, he knoweth nothing," &c. ? 
What by " some with conscience of the idol," &c. ? 
What by their " conscience is denied V 
To what is reference had in the expression, " If 
any man see thee sit at meat in the idoVs tem- 
ple?" 

•Chap. IX, 1-6. How does the apostle assert 
his authority ? 

7-14. How does he show the claim of the 
minister to a proper support? 

15-23. What does the apostle say of him- 
self and his course ? 



QUESTIONS OX I. CORINTHIANS. 119 

24-27. How does lie exhort them to dili- 
gence ? 

How does he say he labored for this 
crown ? 

In what sense were the Corinthian converts the 
seal of his apostleship ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, " Have 
we not power to lead about a sister, a wife," 
&c. ? 

Who was Cephas ? 

How does his marriage affect the Romish doctrine 
of celibacy 1 

What is meant by ' : have we not the power to for- 
bear working ?" Verse 6. 

What by " necessity is laid upon me," in the six- 
teenth verse ? 

Who are referred to in the expression, u them that 
are under the law ?" 

Who by i; therm that are without law f 

What is meant by his being " made all things to 
all men ?"' 

What games are referred to in the twenty-fourth 
verse ? 

What is meant by :t I keep under my body V* 

Chap. X, 1-5. What privileges had the Israel- 
ites enjoyed ? 
What had happened to them ? 
6-13. What use should be made of their 
history ? 
Against what sins does he warn them by 

the fate of the Israelites ? 
What does he say of temptation ? 
14-22. From what should they flee? 

What does he say of the sacramental ser- 
vice ? 
What of Israel ? 



120 QUESTIONS ON I CORINTHIANS. 

How does lie apply these figures to Gen- 
tile sacrifices ? 
23-33. How should a lawful indulgence be 
always used ? 

What practical directions does he give in 
reference to meats ? 

What should always be had in view in all 
our enjoyments and duties ? 

To whom should offense not be given ? 

Whose profit should be sought ? 

What is meant by their father's being under the 
cloud ? 

Through what sea did they pass ? 

What is meant by their being "baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the sea V 

What by spiritual meat and think f 

What by " that Rock was Christ ?" 

What by the expression, ;: upon whom the ends 
of the world are come ?" 

What is the meaning of the seventeenth verse ? 

Can you give the force of the apostle's argument con- 
cerning meats and drinks used in idol sacrifices ? 

What is meant by shambles ? 

What is the meaning of the question, ' ; Why is my 
liberty judged of another man's conscience ?" 

Chap. XI, 1, 2. What example did he offer 
them ? 
Why did he praise them ? 
3-16. What directions does he give to men 
and women in the performance of their 
religious duties? 
1*7-22. For what did he not praise them? 
What disorders had crept into their cele- 
brations of the Lord's Supper ? 



QUESTIONS ON L CORINTHIANS. 121 

23-26. How does he set forth the nature 

and design of this ordinance ? 
27-29. With what sentiments should this 
sacrament be celebrated, and for what 
solemn reasons ? 
30-34. What had been the effect of these 
disorders ? 
What does he say in reference to judging 

ourselves ? 
How should they come to this ordi- 
nance ? 
What is the meaning of ordinances, in the second 

verse 1 
What of " dishonoreth his head," in the fourth 

verse i 
What was the head-dress of the Eastern female ? 
How would an unveiled female in public have 

been esteemed in those countries 1 
What is meant by " as he is the image and glory 

of God," verse 7 ? 
What is the meaning of the tenth verse ? 
What of the sixteenth ? 
Is it probable that the Corinthians had mistaken 

the Lord's Supper for an ordinary feast ? 
What is the meaning of the expression, " Whoso- 
ever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of 
the Lord unworthily ?" 
What by " shall be euiltv of the body and blood 

of the' Lord?" 
What by damnation, in the twenty-ninth verse ! 
What by sleep, in the thirtieth verse ? 
What by judged, in the thirty -first verse ? 
What by the rest, in the thirty-fourth verse ? 

Chap. XII, 1-11. How does he explain 
the nature and diversity of spiritual 
gifts ? 



122 QUESTIONS ON L CORINTHIANS. 

12-30. How does he show the unity and 
diversity of the members of the Church 
under the figure of the human body ? 

What should they covet earnestly ? 

What are meant by spiritual gifts 1 

What is meant by " no man can say that Jesus is 
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost f 

What by "there are differences of administra- 
tion ?!' 

What by " diversities of operations ?" 

What by " the manifestation of the Spirit ? M 

Are the gifts here referred to ordinary or extra- 
ordinary bestowments of the Spirit 1 

What is meant by "so also in Christy" in the 
twelfth verse ? 

What by covet, in the thirty -first verse % 

What by " a more excellent way V 

Chap. XIII, 1-3. What gifts and good deeds 
are inferior to charity ? 
4—8. How is the excellency of charity de- 
scribed ? 
8-13. What is said of the lasting nature of 
charity ? 

How does he show the unsatisfactory and 
fleeting character of earthly things ? 

Greater than what is charity? 

What is here meant by charity 8 

What by " sounding brass ? M 

How does the lack of charity destroy the value of 
all these gifts and good acts ? 

What is meant by charity " beareth all things ?" 

"What by " charity never faileth f 

What by " we know in part ?" 

What by " that which is perfect V 

What by " we see through a glass darkly V 9 

Of what were the ancient mirrors constructed ? 

What is meant by " now abideth" &c. ? 



QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 123 

Chap. XIV, 1-12. What desirable gifts should 
they seek ? 
What does he say of speaking in an un- 
known tongue ? 
Why is the gift of prophecy to be pre- 
ferred to such a gift ? 
How does he illustrate this by a musical 

figure ? 
How does he apply the illustration ? 
13-17. What direction does he give to those 

speaking in an unknown tongue ? 
18, 19. What does the apostle say of his 

ability and preference ? 
20-26. How should they use their judgments 
in the conducting- of their religious ser- 
vices ? 
What will be the effect if all prophesy or 
preach in a known tongue ? 
27-33. What directions does he give for the 

conductino; of their religious exercises ? 
34, 35. What in reference to women? 
36-40. How r does he close his directions upon 
this subject? 

What is meant by prophecy, in the first verse ? 

What by an unknown tongue ? 

Why did the Corinthians covet particularly the 

gift of tongues ? 
What is meant by " in the Spirit he speaketh 

mysteries V 1 
What is the meaning of the sixth verse 1 
What of, " I will pray and sing with the spirit, and 

with the understanding V 
Was it the custom of the Jews and early Christians 

to respond at the close of the public prayers ? 



124 QUESTIONS ON I. CORINTHIANS. 

What does he mean by " speaking with his under- 
standing V 1 

What is meant by " in the law," &c. 1 Ver. 21. 

What by " tongues are for a sign ?" 

What by "he is convinced of all, he is judged 
of all?" 

What of the twenty -fifth verse ? 

What of the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth verses 1 

Chap. XV, 1-8. What does the apostle say of 
the Gospel ? 
What was the first fundamental doctrine 

of Christianity ? 
How does he prove his resurrection ? 
9, 10. What does he say of himself? 
11-19. What important results turn upon the 

resurrection of Christ ? 
20-32. How are the work of Christ and the 
sin of Adam compared ? 
What is the order of the resurrection ? 
What does he say of the reign of Christ ? 
What customs and sacrifices had particular 
reference to a resurrection ? 
33, 34. What practical exhortations does he 

here introduce ? 
35-50. What objection does he suppose to 
be started ? 
How does he answer it, and illustrate his 
meaning ? 
51-58. What should be the suddenness and 
nature of the resurrection ? 
What would then be brought to pass ? 
In view of this, what closing exhortation 
does he m\e ? 



QUESTIONS OX I. CORINTHIANS. 125 

What is meant by " that which I also received," 
verse 3 ? 

What by t: some are fallen asleep V 

When was he seen of Paul ? 

Is Paul guilty of boasting of his labors, in the tenth 

verse } 
How does the truth of the Gospel and the hope 

of the believer turn upon the resurrection of 

Christ ? 
In what sense were Christians of that age " of all 

men most miserable," if thev onlv have hope in 

Christ for this life ?" 
Would you say so of them now 3 
Will good and bad be raised ? 
What is meant by ,: Christ the first-fruits V 
Who by " they that are Christ's V 
What is meant by the end? 
What by ,; when he shall have put down all rule, 

authority, and power ?" 
What by " that God may be all in all ?" 
What is the meaning of the twenty-ninth verse 1 
What of the thirty-second verse ? 
Who is meant by the* last Adam ? 
What by i; we shall not all sleep V 
How is the law " the strength of sin V 

Chap. XVI, 1-4. What directions does he give 
in reference to collections for the poor ? 
What should be done with their charities ? 
5-7. What does he say of his proposed visit 

to them ? 
8, 9. What of his success in Ephesus ? 
10, 11. What directions does he give in re- 
ference to Timotheus ? 

12. What does he say of Apollos ? 

13, 14. What exhortations does he give 
them ? 



126 QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 

15-17. How should his fellow-laborers be 
treated ? 

17, 18. What does he say of the visit of three 

of the brethren ? 
19-24. With what salutations does he close? 

What is meant by " the collection for the saints ?" 

What evidence have we that the first day of the 
week was regarded as the Sabbath by the 
apostles ? 

What good standard for charity does the apostle 
lay down ? 

What is meant by " a great and effectual door is 
opened V 

What by " without fear," in the tenth verse ? 

What by " submit yourself unto such," in the six- 
teenth verse ? 

What by " for that which was lacking on your part 
they supplied," verse 17 .? 

What is meant by " with mine own hand V 

What is the meaning of the twenty- second verse? 



SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORIN- 
THIANS. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. "With what salutation does he 
commence this letter ? 
3-7. For what does he render thanksgivings ? 
How were the apostle's afflictions rendered 
beneficial to the Church ? 
8-11. How severe had been his troubles? 

How had they helped him ? 
12-14. How does the apostle exhibit the in- 
tegrity of his character ? 



QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 127 

15-24. What had he intended to do ? 
Why had he not done so ? 

What can you relate of the character and design 

of this Epistle ? See B. S. Manual. 
Who is meant by " the Father of mercies V 
What by " the sufferings of Christ abound in us ?" 
In what way did the sufferings and consolations 

of the apostle benefit the Corinthians? 
What troubles had Paul experienced in Asia 1 
What is meant by " we had the sentence of death 

in ourselves V 
What by '-the gift bestowed upon us," in the 

eleventh verse ? 
What by " that ye might have a second benefit?" 
What by " did I use lightness V 
What by " according to the flesh ? M 
What by " that with me there should be yea, yea, 

and nay, nay 1" 
What by " and hath anointed us V 
What by " given the earnest of the Spirit ?" 
What does he mean by sparing them, in the twenty- 
third verse 1 

Chap. II, 1-4. In what spirit had he written 

the previous Epistle ? 
5-11. How should a penitent man be treated ? 
12-17. What success had Paul in Troas ? 

Where did he then go ? 

For what does he render thanks to God ? 

What did he mean by his determination not to 
come again to them in heaviness 1 

What is meant by " but in part," in the fifth verse ? 

What was the punishment of this person ? 1 Cor. 
v, 3, 4. 

What did he mean by " forgave I it in the person 
of Christ," verse 10 ? 

What by "lest Satan should get an advantage 

Of US'?" 



128 QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 

What by " we are the savor of death unto death,'* 
&c.? 

What is the meaning of the expression, which cor- 
rupt the vjord of God ? 



Chap. Ill, 1-3. Why did not the apostle need 
epistles of commendation to them ? 
4-6. Of whom was Paul's sufficiency? 

Of what was he a minister ? 
7-11. How does he set forth the superior 

glory of the Gospel to the law ? 
12-18. What does he say of the blindness 
of Israel ? 
When will the veil be removed ? 
What does the Gospel of our Lord se- 
cure ? 
W T hat is the effect of the open manifesta- 
tion of the Lord in the Gospel ? 

To what custom of the early churches may allusion 

be had in the first verse ? 
What is meant by the expression, " Forasmuch as 

ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of 

Christ ministered by us V 
What is meant by tables of stone? 
What by the new testament, in the sixth verse ? 
What by ;; not of the letter, but of the Spirit," 

&cv1 
What is the meaning of hope, in the twelfth verse ? 
To what is reference had in the thirteenth verse 3 

Exod. xxxiv, 28-35. 
What application does the apostle make of 

this? 
In what sense was there a veil upon the heart of 

Israel when Moses was read 1 
What is the sense of the seventeenth and eight- 
eenth verses ? 



QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 129 

Chap. IV, 1-4. With what spirit did Paul con- 
duct his labors ? 
To whom only was the Gospel hid ? 
5-1. Whom did he preach ? 

To what was this treasure committed, and 
why ? 
8-12. What does the apostle say of their 

sufferings and rich supports ? 
13-18. Faith in whom sustained them? 
What glorious prospect was before them ? 
What is mennt by " as we have received mercy V 
What by '■ the hidden things of dishonesty ?" : 
What is the meaning of the third and fourth 

verses ? 
What is meant by u we have this treasure in earthen 

vessels V' 
How does this tend to exhibit the power of God ? 
What is meant by "always bearing about in the 

body the dying of the Lord Jesus.*' &c. ? 
How did death in the apostle work life in the 

Church, verse 12 ? 
What is meant hy i: we look not at the things 
which are seen/' &c. 1 



Chap. V, 1-8. What was the apostle's confident 
expectation ? 
9-11. What did this confidence lead him 
to do ? 
What solemn event had he in view ? 
What did a knowledge of this induce him 
to do? 
12-16. Was it with a boasting spirit that 
the apostle had referred to his glorious 
hojpe ? 

9 



130 QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 

What does he say of his interest in their 

behalf? 
What constrained him to devotedness ? 
17, 3 8. What is the effect of being in Christ ? 

19. What is the ministry of reconciliation? 

20, 21. What office did the apostles hold? 
How did they discharge its duties ? 
What does he say of Christ? 

What is meant by our earthly house? 

What was a tabernacle ? 

In what respect is the body like a tabernacle ? 

What is meant by our being " clothed upon with 
our house which is from heaven V 

What by u not for that we would be un- 
clothed ?" 

What proof have we in this chapter that the hea- 
venly bliss of a Christian is immediate upon 
death? 

What is meant by the " terror of the Lord f- 

What by " whether we be beside ourselves ?" 

What is it to live unto Christ ? 

What is meant bv " henceforth know we no man 
after the flesh I" 

What by the application of this to Christ ? 

What is* it to be in Christ? 

What old things pass away when a person is con- 
verted ? 

What is meant by the word of reconciliation? 

What by " he hath made him to be sin for us ?" 

What evidence is here given that Christ's death 
was sacrificial ? 

Chap. VI, 1-10. What did the apostles beseech 

of them? 
When is the day of salvation ? 
What evidence had they given of their 

being true ministers of Go4 ? 



QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 131 

11-18. What regard had they for the Co- 
rinthian Church ? 
Against fellowship with whom did they 
earnestly entreat them ? 

What is meant by " we, then, as workers together 

with him V 
' To what is allusion had in the expression, " by the 

armor of righteousness on the right hand and on 

the left?" 
What is meant by their being poor, yet making 

many rick ? 
What by ,: our mouth is open unto you, our heart 

is enlarged ?" 
What by " ye are not straitened in us," &c. ? 
What by " be ye not unequally yoked together 

with unbelievers?" 
What is meant by Belial ? 
What is implied in the precept, " Come out from 

among them, and be ye separate," &e. ? 
Is there any one place in the Bible where the pro- 
mise of the eighteenth verse is recorded ? 



Chap. VII, 1. What use should be made of 
these promises ? 
2-7. What reasons does he offer w r hy the 
apostles should be received ? 
Why does he say this ? 
How was his heart comforted by them ? 
What had been his state in Macedonia ? 
What had afforded him consolation ? 
8-11. What does he say of repentant sorrow 

and its effects ? 
12-16. Why had he written to them about 
the matter ? 
How had Titus enjoyed himself with them? 



132 QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 

Had he found Paul's account of them to 

be true ? 
How did he regard them ? 
What promises are referred to in the first verse ? 
What is meant by " all filthiness of the flesh ?? 
What by " perfecting holiness V 1 
What by " ye are in our hearts," &c. ? 
What by " without were fightings f 
What of, "though I did repent," in the eighth 

verse ? 
What by " the sorrow of the world ?" 
Indignation against what? Verse 11. 

Chap. VIII, 1-6. What does he say of the 

generosity of the Macedonians ? 
7-9. What motives does he suggest to them 

to quicken their liberality ? 
10-15. What advice and explanation does he 

give them ? 
16-24. What had Titus done? 
Who went with him ? 
Who besides accompanied them ? 
What does he say of Titus ? 
How should the Church treat them ? 
What is meant by " we do you to wit ?" 
What had the "grace of God" to do with their 

generosity ? 
What is meant by the gift, in the fourth verse ? 
What by " the fellowship of the ministering to the 

saints ?" 
What by their giving themselves first to the Lord 

and unto the apostles ? 
What by " I speak not by commandment V 
In what was Christ rich, and how did he become 

pow? 
What is meant by equality, in the fourteenth verse ? - 
To what is reference had in the fifteenth verse ? 



QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 133 

Who is the brother spoken of in the eighteenth 
verse supposed to have been 1 

What is meant by " whose praise is in the Gos- 
pel?" 

What by this grace, in the nineteenth verse ? 

Why were these brethren sent with Titus ? 

Who is supposed to have been the brother spoken 
of in the twenty-second verse 1 

What is meant by "upon the great confidence," 
&c? 

How were these ministers " the glory of Christ ?" 

Chap. IX, 1-5. Why had he sent these brethren 
to excite their generosity ? 
6-11. How does he encourage enlarged bene- 
volence ? 
12-15. What important ends were attained 
by these gifts ? 
What returns would be made ? 
For what does Paul render thanks ? 

What is meant by "touching the ministering to 
the saints ?" 

What did the province of Achaia embrace 1 

What is meant by hath provoJced, verse 2 ? 

What by " as a matter of bounty, and not of covet- 
ousness ? M 

What by "his righteousness remaineth forever," 
verse 9 ? 

What by " the administration of this service V 

What by " the experiment of this ministra- 
tion ?" 

What by " his unspeakable gift f 

t.-HAP. X, 1-4. What did Paul beseech of 
them ? 
What was the character of the weapons he 
used? 



134 QUESTIONS ON II. CORINTHIANS. 

5, 6. What was the end to be gained by this 

spiritual warfare ? 
7-11. What does the apostle say of his 

authority ? 
12-18. Of what number did the apostle say 

he was not ? 
Of what would he not boast ? 
How far had his labors been extended ? 
Of what had he hope ? 
What does he say of him that glorieth ? 
Who is approved ? 
What is meant by "who in presence am base 

among you ?" 
What by "as if we walked according to the 

flesh ?" 
What by " we do not war after the flesh V* 
How is the fifth verse connected with the third ? 
What is meant by " casting down imaginations ?" 
What by " bringing into captivity every thought 

to the obedience of Christ *" 
What by "having in a readiness to revenge all 

disobedience ?" 
Wbat by " his speech contemptible ?" 
What is the meaning of the twelfth and thirteenth 

verses ? 
What of, " that we shall be enlarged by you, ac- 
cording to our rule" &c. ? 
What by " another man's line of things f* 

Chap. XI, 1-15. How does the apostle speak 
in his own commendation ? 
16-33. What account does he give of his 
labors and sufferings ? 
What is meant bv " bear with me a little in my 

folly ?" 
What by " I am jealous over you with a godly 
jealousy," &c. ? 



QUESTIONS OX II. CORINTHIANS. 135 

What is the meaning of the fourth verse ? 

What of, ' ; though I he rude in speech V 1 

How had the apostle abased himself? Verse 7. 

In what sense had he robbed other churches ? 

What does he mean by ' ; Satan himself is trans- 
formed into an angel of light ?" 

What by " I speak it not after the Lord ?" 

Mas his boasting wrong or improper ? 

What is meant by " glory after the flesh," in 
verse 18? 

What is the sense of the twentieth verse ? 

Can you tell where any of these sufferings or per- 
secutions occurred ? 

Chap. XII, 1-6. What extraordinary revelations 
had he received ? 
7-9. How was he preserved from undue 
exaltation from these revelations ? 
What prayer did he offer, and how was it 
answered ? 
10, 11. In what did the apostle take plea- 
sure? 
Why had he gloried ? 
12, 13. How had he demonstrated his apostle- 
ship ? 
14-16. What does he say of his proposed 

visit, and his affection for them ? 
17, 18. What of those he had sent to them? 
19-21. For what end did the apostle labor? 
What did he fear ? 
Who is referred to in the second verse * 
What is meant by the third heaven f 
What bv paradise ? 
What by " not Imvful to titter T 
What was probably this thorn in ihejtesh? 
Why called " a messenger of Satan r* 



136 QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS. 

Who is meant by the Lord, in the eighth verse ? 
What is meant by ' ; I am become a fool in glory- 
ing ?" 
What by " being crafty, I caught you with guile '?" 

Chap. XIII, 1-6. How should he treat obstinate 
offenders when he came ? 
What does he say of the proof of Christ 

speaking in him ? 
What duty does he counsel them to per- 
form ? 
What should they know of the apostles ? 
7-10. For what did he pray in their behalf? 

Why had he written these warnings ? 
11. How does he take leave of them? 
12-14. With what salutations and benediction 
does he close his letter? 
Was this his third visit, or the third time he had 

been ready to come ? 
What is meant by " I will not spare f 
What is the meaning of the third and fourth 

verses ? 
In what sense is Jesus Christ in the believer ? 
What is meant by repro'otes ? 
What is meant by perfection, in the ninth verse ? 
To whom is the prayer offered in the fourteenth 
verse ? 



THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. 

Chap. I, 1-5. How does the apostle introduce 
his Epistle ? 
6-9. For what does he reprove them ? 
What does he say of the Gospel ? 



QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS. 137 

10-12. From what source had he received 

the Gospel ? 
13, 14. What had been his character and 

education previous to his conversion ? 
15, 16. Who had called him to preach ? 
17-24. What course did Paul take after his 
conversion ? 
By whom was he unknown ? 
How were they affected when they heard 
of his preaching ? 

Where was Galatia ? 

What can you say of the character and design of 
this Epistle ? 

What is meant by " that he might deliver us from 
this present evil world V 

What by wt another Gospel," verse 6 ? 

What by " do I now persuade men ?" 

What by conversation, in the thirteenth verse ? 

What by "profited in the Jews' religion," &c. ? 

What by " who separated me from my mother's 
womb ?" 

What by " I conferred not with flesh and blood ?" 

Why does Paul give them these assurances that 
he received no instructions from those at Jeru- 
salem ? 

Who is meant by the "Lord's brother V 

Chap. II, 1-10. For what purpose did he go 
up to Jerusalem ? 
What happened upon this visit ? 
11-14. For what did he withstand Peter in 

Antioch ? 
15-21. How did he further show the error 
of Peter, and exhibit the doctrine of jus- 
tification by faith ? 



138 QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS. 

Fourteen years after what event did the apostle go 

up to Jerusalem 1 
What is meant by " I went up by revelation ?" 
What by " lest by any means I should run or had 

run in vain," &c. ? 
What is the meaning of the fourth verse 1 
What of, " to whom we gave place by subjection, 

no, not for an hour ?" 
Who are meant by " those who seemed to be some- 
what r 
What is meant by " the Gospel of the uncircum- 

cision P 
What by " who seemed to be pillars V 
What by " I withstood him to the face l" 
What light does this throw upon the Romish idea 

of the supremacy of Peter 9 
What does Paul mean by the expression, " and not 

sinners of the Gentiles," verse 15 ? 
What is the meaning of the passage from verses 

17 to 19? 
How was he " crucified with Christ ?" 

Chap. Ill, 1-5. How does he reprove the Ga- 
latians for their errors ? 
6-9. How does he show that Abraham was 

saved by faith ? 
10-18. Why cannot the law justify us ? 
How are we redeemed from the curse of 

the law ? 
What does he say of the covenant with 
Abraham ? 
19-24. What is the office of the law ? 
25-29. Why is the Mosaic law now unneces- 
sary ? 
Whose children are all believers ? 
What is said of the equality of Christians ? 
Whose seed and heirs are they ? 



QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS. 139 

What is the meaning of bewitched'? 

How had Christ been " evidently set forth, cruci- 
fied among them V 

What is the meaning of flesh, in verse 3 1 

Where is the curse referred to in verse 10 re- 
corded 1 

Where the assertion, "The just shall live by 
faith f 

What is meant by " the curse of the law ?" 

Where is it written. " Cursed is every one that 
hangeth on a tree V* 

What is meant by " the blessing of Abraham," 
verse 14? 

Pour hundred and thirty years after what event 
was the law given ? 

What is meant by " it was added because of trans- 
gressions ?" 

Who is the mediator referred to in verse 19 ? 

What is meant by "hath concluded all under 
sin ?" 

What by " kept under the law," verse 23 ? 

How was the law their schoolmaster 1 

What is meant by being baptized into Christ ? 

What by " there is neither Jew nor Greek," &c. ? 

Chap. IV, 1-7. How, by the figure of an heir, 

that is, a child, and a son arrived at the 

proper age, does he show the relation of 

the law to the Gospel ? 

8-11. What happy change had taken place 

in them ? 
12-20. What does the apostle say of himself ? 
What of their affection for him ? 
How does he expostulate with them ? 
21-31. By what allegory is the difference 
between the law and the Gospel shown ? 
In what sense is the child "lord of all V 9 
What are meant by the " elements of the world V 1 



140 QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS. 

What is meant by Christ " being made under the 
law ?* 

What is adoption ? 

How does the Spirit cry in our hearts, Abba, Fa- 
ther ? 

What is the meaning of Abba ? 

Why are these two words of the same meaning 
together ? 

What is the meaning of " beggarly elements ?" 

What of, "Be as I am," verse 12? 

What of, " my temptation which was in *he 
flesh ?" 

What is the meaning of the seventeenth verse ! 

What is an allegory ? 

Can you explain the allegory ? 

Chap. V, 1. What did Paul exhort them to do? 
2-G. What does he say of circumcision and 

its effects ? 
7-12. How does he expostulate and reason 

with them on this subject? 
13-15. Against what does he guard and warn 

them'? 
17, 18. WTiat does he say of walking in the 

Spirit, and its blessings ? 
19-21. What are the works of the flesh? 
22-26. What the fruit of the Spirit? 
What is meant by " the yoke of bondage V* 
How did circumcision render Christ of none 

avail ? 
What is meant by " in Christ Jesus," verse 6 ? 
What by " ye did run well V 1 
What by " this persuasion V 
Of what is heaven an emblem ? 
Of what is the eleventh verse an answer? [Ans. 
Of some calumny, that Paul himself preached 
circumcision.] 
What is the meaning of " cut off," verse 12? 



QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS. 141 

What of, " for an occasion of the flesh ?" 
What of one word, verse 14 ? 
What of, "ye are not under the law," verse 18? 
What of, have c; crucified the flesh," verse 24 ? 

Chap. VI, 1-6. How should a fallen man be 
treated ? 
How should we assist each other ? 
How does he inculcate meekness and hu- 
mility ? 
What should we do for our spiritual 
teachers ? 
7, 8. How is man's future character deter- 
mined ? 
9-11. How does he exhort and encourage 
them to diligence ? 
Who transcribed this letter ? 
12, 13. What does he say of these Judaizing 

teachers ? 
14, 15. What of himself, and what reason 

does he give ? 
16-18. How does he close his Epistle? 
What is meant by " restore such a one," &c. ? 
What is it to " bear one another's burdens V 
How does this " fulfill the law of Christ V 
What is meant by "let every man prove his own 

work V* 
What by " every man shall bear his own bur- 
den r 
What is the meaning of the sixth verse 1 
What of, " God is not mocked V 
What great truth is taught in the seventh and 

eighth verses ? 
Why does Paul say he wrote this with his own 

hand? 
What is meant by " a fair show in the flesh V 
What is the meaning of the seventeenth verse ? 



142 QUESTIONS ON EPHESIANS. 



THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. With what salutation does Paul 
commence this Epistle ? 

3-8. What rich spiritual blessings are pro- 
vided for God's chosen people ? 

9-14. What revelation of the Divine will and 
pleasure had been made ? 

15-23. For what did the apostle cease not to 
give thanks unto God ? 
For what did he pray in their be- 
half? 

Who was the author of this Epistle, and what is 

its design and character ? 
What is meant by " spiritual blessings in heavenly 

places f 3 
What is the meaning of the passage, <; according 

as he hath chosen us in him V 
What by " before the foundation of the world ?" 
What of having predestinated us unto the adoption 

of children," &c. ? 
What is meant by redemption ? 
What by " the mystery of his will V 
What by " that he might gather together in one all 

things in Christ V 
Who are meant by we, in the twelfth verse ? 
What by " ye were sealed" &c. ? 
What is an earnest ? 

What is meant by " the redemption of the pur- 
chased possession ?" 
What by " that ye may know what is the hope of 

his calling," verse 18? 
What by " far above all principality" &c. ? 
What by the expression, " the fullness of 

biBa?" 



QUESTIONS ON EPHESIANS. 143 

Chap. II, 1-10. What had been the previous 

situation of the Ephesians ? 
"What had God done for them ? 
Why had he done this ? 
How were they saved ? 
11-13. What does he exhort them to re- 
member ? 
14-18. What had Christ done for them? 
19, 20. What were now their privileges and 

blessings ? 
What is the meaning of quickened? 
Who is meant by the " prince of the power of the 

air V 
W r hat by " together with Christ," verse 5 ? 
To what does that refer, in the eighth verse, in the 

expression, <; and that not of yourselves ?" 
What is meant by "created inChrist Jesus unto 

good works ?" 
What by aliens ? 

What by ' ; strangers from the covenants," &c. ? 
What by the expressions far o/fand made nigh, in 

the thirteenth verse ! 
What by "he hath broken down the middle wall 

of partition'?" 
What is the meaning of the fifteenth and sixteenth 

verses ? 
In what sense did Christ come and preach to the 

Gentiles, verse 17 ? 
What is the meaning of access ? 
Who are meant by saints, verse 19 ? 
Who are the prophets, referred to in verse 20 ? 
Under what figure is the Church here presented ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-7. How does the apostle speak of 
his office ? 
8-12. What was the great object of his 
preaching ? 



144 QUESTIONS ON EPHESIAN8. 

13-21. What sublime prayer does he offer in 
their behalf? 
What is meant by " the prisoner of Jesus Christ," 

&C.1 

What by " if ye have heard of the dispensation," 

What by mystery, verse 3 ? 

What by " of the same body," in verse 6 ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, " hath been 
hid in God," verse 9 ? 

How is the wisdom of God exhibited to the angelic 
powers by this Church ? 

What is the meaning of the eleventh verse ? 

How were Paul's tribulations their glory ? 

What is the meaning of named, verse 15 ? 

What of the inner man ? 

What is meant by " being filled with all the full- 
ness of God ?" 

Chap. IV, 1-6. What does he exhort them 
to do? 
Why should they be united ? 
7-16. What has Christ given to each one? 
What is said of Christ ? 
How had he distributed these gifts, and for 
what purpose ? 
17-24. Against what sins of the Gentiles 
does he caution them ? 
What does he exhort them to do ? 
25-32. What sins does he counsel them to 
shun ? 
What should be the character of their in- 
tercourse with each other? 
What is the meaning of vocation ? 
What is meant by " there is one body ?" 
What by " one baptism t* 



QUESTIONS ON EPHESIANS. 145 

What is the meaning of the passage between the 

eighth and tenth verses ? 
What is meant by "for the perfecting of the 

saints?" 
What is the meaning of the thirteenth verse'? 
What is meant by u the sleight of men ?" 
Under what image is the Church represented in 

verse 1 6 ? 
What is meant bv " being alienated from the life 

of God ?" 
What is meant by conversation, in verse 22 ? 
What by t; the old man ?" 
What by "after God," verse 24? 
What Is the meaning of the twenty-sixth 

verse ? 
How may the Holy Spirit be grieved? 

Chap. V, 1-14. What other exhortations and 

cautions does he give them ? 
15-21. What duties does he enjoin upon 

them ? 
22, 23. What are the respective duties of 

wives and husbands ? 
In what were they to be " followers of God ?" 
What is meant by " for a sweet-smelling 

savor ?" 
What by " which are not convenient," verse 4 ? 
In what sense is a covetous man an idolater? 
What is the meaning of the thirteenth verse? 
Who is referred to by he in the expression, " Where- 
fore he saith ?" 
What is meant by " redeeming time ?" 
What custom is referred to in the nineteenth 

verse ? 
What is meant by " the washing of water," &c., 

verse 26 ? 
What by " we are members of his body, of his 

flesh, and of his bones f 
What hf " this is a great mystery " &e. I 
10 



146 QUESTIONS ON EPHESIANS. 

Chap. VI, 1-3. What is the duty of children ? 
What promise is attached to its perform- 
ance ? 
4. What counsel does he give for this ? 
5-8. What to servants ? 
9. What to masters ? 
10-1*7. What is the Christian's armor? 
18-20. For whom does the apostle ask 

prayers ? 
21, 22. For what purpose did he send Ty- 

chicus ? 
23, 24. With what salutations does he close ? 
What is meant by " in the Lord," verse 1 ? 
Why is this considered the first commandment 

with promise? 
What is the meaning of the precept, u provoke not 

your children to wrath ?" 
What of the "nurture and admonition of the 

Lord ?" 
What of, " with fear and trembling," verse 5 ? 
What of, "as unto Christ?" 
What is meant by eye-service? 
What by " do the same things," verse 9 ? 
What by " the whole armor of God ?" 
What is the meaning of the twelfth verse ? 
What is meant by the evil day, verse 13 ? 
What by " the preparation of the Gospel of 

peace ?" 
What by " the fiery darts of the wicked ?" 
What by all prayer, verse 18? 
What by " watching thereunto ?' 
What does he mean by " I am an ambassador in 

bonds 1" 
Who was Paul's amanuensis in this Epistle? 
From whence was it written ? 



QUESTIONS ON PHILIPPIANS. 147 



THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS. 

ChAp. I, 1, 2. How does Paul introduce this 
Epistle ? 
3-6. For what did he give thanks to God ? 
7-11. How deep and sincere was his affection 
for them ? 

For what does he pray in their behalf ? 
12-20. What had been the effect of his suf- 
ferings and persecutions ? 

How had Christ been preached? 

What does Paul say of this ? 

Of what was he confident? 
21-26. What does Paul saj of his own reli- 
gious experience ? 
27-30. How does he exhort them to con- 
stancy ? 

What was their privilege in behalf of 
Christ ? 

Where was Philippi ? 

What can you relate of the Church here, and of 
the nature and character of this Epistle ? 

Who are meant by the bishops and deacons, ver. 1 ? 

What is meant by " for your fellowship in the Gos- 
pel," verse 5 ? 

What by Ci the day of Jesus Christ ?" 

What by "ye are all partakers of my grace,' 1 
verse 7 ? 

What by " my bonds in Christ are manifest in all 
the palace," &c. ? 

Why should his bonds make others bold 1 

What is the sense of the passage between the 
fifteenth and eighteenth verses ? 

What is meant by " for me to live is Christ 1" 



148 QUESTIONS ON PHILIPPIANS. 

How soon after death are heavenly joys experienced 

by the faithful saint ? 
What does he mean by the expression, " this is the 

fruit of my labor," verse 22 ! 
What by " which is to them an evident token of 

perdition," &c. ? 

Chap. II, 1-4. How did he exhort them to cul- 
tivate love, unity, and humility ? 
5-11. By what illustrious example did he 

enforce this ? 
12-18. How does he inculcate diligence, 

harmlessness, and faithfulness ? 
19-30. What does he say of Timothy ? 
What of his proposed visit ? 
What of Epaphroditus ? 
How shoulcfcthey receive him ? 
What is meant by the " form of God V 
What by " thought it not robbery V 
What by "made himself of no reputation ?" 
In what sense hath God " highly exalted him V 1 
What is implied in the tenth and eleventh verses ? 
What is the meaning of the thirteenth verse'? 
What of, " yea, and if I be offered upon the sacri- 
fice and service of your faith V 
Who are meant by all, in the twenty-first verse ? 
What does he mean by " so soon as I shall see how 
it will go with me V 

Chap. Ill, 1-3. Against whom does he warn 

them ? 
4-6. How does he enforce this by his own 

experience ? 
7-11. For what was the apostle willing to 

make any sacrifice ? 
12-14. For what was he still striving? 



QUESTIONS ON PHILIPPIANS. 149 

15, 16. What does he exhort them to do? 
18, 19. Whom should they imitate ? 

What does he say of the conduct of many ? 
20, 21. What is the Christian's conversation 
and expectation ? 

"Who are meant by the term dogs ? 

Who by the concision ? 

What did he mean by saying, " we are the circum- 
cision ?" 

What by ; ' and have no confidence in the flesh V 1 

In what sense w r as he blameless ? Yerse 6. 

What did he mean bv " what things were gain to 

What is meant by all things, in the eighth verse \ 

What is it to win Christ ? 

What is meant by the " power of his resurrec- 
tion ? n 

What by " the fellowship of his sufferings," &c. ? 

What is the meaning of the twelfth verse ? 

To what games is allusion had in this passage? 

What is meant by " the prize of the high calling 
of God," &c. ? 

What is the meaning of perfect, in the fifteenth 
verse ? 

What of the latter clause of the verse 1 

What is meant by the expression, " whose God is 
their belly?" 

What is the meaning of conversation, in the twen- 
tieth verse ? 

Chap. IV, 1. What does he exhort them in 
view of this glorious expectation to do ? 

2, 3. Whom does he personally address? 

4-6. How does he enjoin a thankful, sober, 
and confiding spirit ? 

*1. What benediction does he pronounce upoa 
them? 



150 QUESTIONS ON COLOSSIANS. 

8, 9. How does he sum up bis instructions ? 
10-19. On what account did he rejoice ? 

What does he say of his own content- 
ment? 

How does he commend their generosity ? 

What return should they receive from 
God? 
20. To whom does he render glory ? 
21-23. How does he close ? 

How were the Philippians Paul's "joy and 
crown ?" 

To what has the apostle allusion in the expres- 
sion, " whose names are in the book of life ?" 

What is the meaning of moderation here ? 

What is meant by " be careful for nothing ?" 

What is the meaning of " flourished again ?" 

What is meant by all things ? Verse 13. 

What by " in the beginning of the Gospel ? M 

Who wrote this letter for Paul ? 

From whence was it written ? 



THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. What is the opening salutation? 
3-8. For what does the apostle render thanks 

in their behalf? 
9-14. For what does he pray? 
15-20. What glorious view of Christ does 

he give in these verses ? 
21-23. What had Christ done for them? 

24-29. What does he say of himself and his 
office? 



QUESTIONS OX COLOSSI AXS. 151 

Where was Colosse 1 

What was the occasion of the writing of this 

Epistle ? 
What is the meaning of the clause, " for the hope 

which is laid up for you in heaven r' 
Who was Epaphras ? 

Who are meant by the ;: saints in light ?" Verse 12. 
What is meant by ' ; the kingdom of his dear 

Son ?" 
What by the "first-born of every creature?'' 
What is the meaning of consist, in the seventeenth 

verse ? 
What by ' ; the first-born from the dead !" 
What by " to reconcile all things unto himself?" 
What by " in the body of his flesh," &c. ! 
What is meant by the clause, ;t which was preached 

to every creature :' r Verse 23. 
What by •• and fill up that which is behind of the 

afflictions of Christ in my flesh,' 5 &e., verse 24 ? 
What is the meaning of, "which is Christ in you, 

the hope of glory ?" 

Chap. II, 1-7. For what had the apostle felt 
an anxious desire in their behalf? 
How was he with them ? 
To what does he exhort them ? 
8-17. Against what does he caution them? 
What does he say of Christ? 
What had he done for them ? 
What does he say of meats and drinks, 
and holy days ? 
18-23. How does he caution them against 
false humility, the worship of angels, 
and legal ordinances ? 

What is the meaning of conflict, in the first 

verse 1 
Where was Laodicea? 



152 QUESTIONS ON COLOSSIANS. 

What is the meaning of the expression, " unto all 
riches of the full assurance of understanding," 
verse 2 ? 

In what sense did the apostle behold their order, 
&c. ? 

What is meant by "philosophy and vain deceit, 
after the tradition of men, after the rudiments 
of the world ?" 

What is the meaning of bodily, verse 9 ? 

What of the eleventh and twelfth verses 3 

What is meant by " the uncircumcision of your 
flesh ?" 

What is meant by the " hand- writing of ordi- 
nances ?" 

What by " nailing it to his cross ?" 

What by " he made a show of them openly," &c. ? 

What is the meaning of the sixteenth verse ? 

What of the eighteenth ? 

What is meant by being " dead with Christ from 
the rudiments of the world?" 

To what does the twenty -first verse refer ! 

Chap. Ill, 1-4. How does he inculcate heavenly 
mindedness ? 
5-11. How does lie exhort them to mortify 

corrupt affections ? 
12-17. What graces should they seek after? 
18-25. What is the duty of wives ? 
What of husbands ? 
What of children ? 
What of fathers ? 
What of servants ? 
In what spirit should everything be done ? 

What is meant by " if ye then be risen with 

Christ?" 
In what way should we set our affections on things 

above ? 



QUESTIONS ON COLOSSIANS. 153 

What is the meaning of the third and fourth 



verses 



What is here the meaning of mortify ? 
Who were the Scythians ? 
What is meant by " Christ is all and in all ?" 
Who are meant by " the elect of God ?" 
In what sense is " charity the bond of perfectness ?" 
What is meant by the precept, " Let the peace of 
God rule in your hearts V 

Chap. IV, 1. What is the duty of masters ? 
2-4. What does he say of prayer ? 

For what especially does he desire their 
prayers for himself ? 
5, 6. How should their intercourse with un- 
believers be conducted ? 
7-14. What does he say of several brethren 

whom he mentions ? 
15-18. With what salutations and directions 
does he close ? 
What is the meaning of just and equal, in the first 

verse? 
What is meant by a ;; door of utterance V 
What by " walk in wisdom toward them that are 

without ?" 
What by <: seasoned with salt," verse 6 ? 
Who was Onesimus 1 
Who was Marcus ? 
Where was Hierapolis ? 
What Luke was this, mentioned in verse 14 ? 
Who wrote this Epistle for Paul ? 



154 QUESTIONS ON I. THESSALONIAISrS. 



FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALO- 

NIANS. 

Chap. I, 1. How does this Epistle open? 

2-5. Remembering what of the Thessalonians, 

did the apostle give thanks to God ? 
6-10. What does he say of their exemplary- 
piety ? 

Where was Thessalonica ? 

"What was the design of the apostle in writing this 
Epistle « 

What is meant by the expression, " which is in 
God," &c, verse 1 ? 

What by " work of faith," " labor of love," " pa- 
tience of hope V 

What by " your election of God V 

What is the meaning of "our Gospel," verse 5 ? 

What of, "with joy of the Holy Ghost," verse 6 ? 

Under what circumstances was the Church founded 
here? Acts xvii, 5-8. 

What is meant by " sounded out the word of the 
Lord ?" 

Who are meant by " they themselves," verse 9 ? 

Chap. II, 1-12. How had the apostle preached 
and conducted in their midst? 
13-16. For what did the apostle render 
thanks to God ? 
What had the Church suffered at the 
hands of the Jews ? 
17-20. What does Paul say of his affection 
toward them ? 
What had happened to Paul at Philippi ? Acts 
xvi, 22-24. 



QUESTIONS ON I. THESSALONIANS. 155 

What is meant by " with much contention," 

verse 2 ? 
What of, " allowed of God," verse 4 1 
What of, " nor a cloak of covetousness ?" 
What of, tk laboring night and day, because we 

would not be chargeable unto any of you V 
What is the meaning of the last clause of the six- 
teenth verse ? 
What of, " Satan hindered us V 

Chap. Ill, 1-5. Whom did Paul send to them? 
For what purpose ? 
6-13. What intelligence had Timothy brought 

from them ? 
How was Paul affected by this, and what 

does he say of his interest in them ? 
"What prayer does he offer for them ? 
What is the meaning of, " when we could no longer 

forbear ?" 
What afflictions does he refer to in the third verse 1 
What does he mean by '-now ice live if ve stand 

fast in the Lord ?" 
What is meant by " and our Father," verse 11 1 
What by " unblamable in holiness V 

Chap. IV, 1-5. How does he exhort them to 
purity and holiness of life ? 
6-10. How does he enforce brotherly love ? 
11, 12. How quietness and diligence ? 
13-18. How does he set forth the resurrec- 
tion of the dead ? 
What is the meaning of sanctijication, verse 3 ? 
What of the term vessel, verse 4 ? 
What of despiseth ? 

What of, " that ye may walk honestly ! n 
Who are referred to in the expression, " them 
which are asleep V 



156 QUESTIONS ON I. THESSALONIANS. 

What is meant by the clause, "will God bring 

with him V\ 
What by " we which are alive, and remain unto 

the coming of the Lord," &c.'? 
What by a shall descend from heaven with a 

shout tr 
What by " with the trump of God f* 
How does the resurrection of the dead afford great 

comfort to believers % 

Chap. V, 1-3. What does lie say of the coming 
of the day of the Lord ? 
4, 5. Why would they not be unexpectedly 

overtaken by this event ? 
6-1 1 . How does he exhort them in view of 

this event ? 
12, 13. How should they treat their minis- 
ters? 
14-22. What other duties does he enjoin 

upon them ? 
23, 24. What prayer does he offer for them, 

and with what assurance ? 
25-28. With what request and greetings 
does he close ? 
What is meant by " the times and the seasons '?" 
What by " the day of the Lord ?" 
What by " so cometh as a thief in the night ?" 
What is signified by the expression, " let us not 

sleep ?" 
What is meant by " God hath not appointed us to 

wrath 1" 
What by " whether we wake or sleep V 
What is signified by the command, " to know them 

which labor among you V 
What by " quench not'the Spirit ?" 
What by " despise not prophesyings ?" 
What by " sanctify you wholly ?" 



QUESTIONS ON II. THESSALONIANS. 157 



SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSA- 
LONIANS. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. How does Paul commence the 

Second Epistle ? 
3, 4. For what does he render thanks to 

God? 
5-10. Of what were their patience and faith 

manifest tokens ? 
11, 12. For what did he pray in their be- 
half? 
What was the occasion of the Second Epistle to 

the Thessalonians ? 
What is meant by "glory in you in the churches 

of God," verse 4 ? 
How were their patience and faith tokens of the 

righteous judgment of God ? 
What is meant by " it is a righteous thing with 

God." &c. 1 
What by " rest with us ? M 
What by " in flaming fire ?" 
What by " them that know not God V 
What by " when he shall come to be glorified in 

his saints V 
What by " count you worthy of this calling ?" 

Chap. II, 1-4. As to what event should they 
not be disturbed ? 
What must first happen ? 
5-12. How does he describe the mystery of 

iniquity, or the man of sin ? 
13-17. Why does he render thanks to God? 
How does he exhort to steadfastness ? 



158 QUESTIONS ON II. THESSALONIANS. 

What benediction does he pronounce upon 

them? 
What is meant by " our gathering together unto 

him ?" 
What by shaken and troubled? 
What by " neither by spirit nor by word ? M 
What is meant by the " man of sin V 
What is the meaning of the fourth verse ! 
What of the sixth and seventh verses ? 
What is meant by the " Spirit of his mouth," 

verse 8 ? 
What by " with all power and signs, and lying 

wonders ?" 
What is the meaning of the passage from the tenth 

to the twelfth verses ? 
What of, " because God hath from the beginning 

chosen you to salvation," verse 13 ? 
What is the meaning of traditions, in the fifteenth 

verse ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-5. For what did he desire pray- 
ers ? 
What confidence had the apostle in them ? 
6-15. From whom should they withdraw? 
What had the apostle's example been 

among them ? 
What had he heard ? 
What did he exhort and command them ? 
16-18. With what benedictions and saluta* 
tions does he close ? 
What is meant by free course ? 
What by " for all men have not faith 1" 
What by " into the patient waiting for Christ ?" 
What is the meaning of busy bodies ? 



QUESTIONS ON I. TIMOTHY. 159 



FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. How does the apostle introduce 
this letter ? 
3, 4. Why did Paul desire him to remain at 
Ephesus ? 

Against what does he warn him ? 
5-11. What is the end of the command- 
ment? 

What does he say of certain that have 
turned aside ? 

What does he say of the design of the 
law ? 
12-17. For what does the apostle return 
thanks ? 

What faithful saying does he announce ? 

Why did he obtain mercy ? 

To whom does he ascribe glory and honor? 
18-20. Why did Paul commit this charge to 
Timothy ? 

What does he say of Hymeneus and Alex- 
ander ? 

What was the occasion and design of the writing 
of this Epistle ? 

What is meant by " ray own son in the faith ?" 

"What by fables and endless genealogies ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, " the end 
of the commandment V 

What of vain jangling ? 

What is meant by " the law is good if a man use 
it lawfully 1" 

What by " who hath enabled me." &c. verse 12 ? 



160 QUESTIONS ON I. TIMOTHY. 

In what sense does Paul style himself the chief of 
sinners ? 

How was he a pattern to them which should here- 
after believe ? 

What is meant by ' ; according to the prophecies 
which went before on thee," verse 18 ? 

What by " holding faith, and a good conscience F 

What is here meant by shipivreck? 

What is the meaning of the last clause of the 
twentieth verse ? 

Chap. II, 1-8. For whom did lie enjoin pray- 
ers, and for what reasons ? 
9-15. What does he say of the apparel and 
duty of women ? 

What is meant by " who will have all men to be 
saved ?" 

What by the last clause of the second verse ? 

What by " to be testified in due time F 

What by " lifting up holy hands without wrath and 
doubting F 

To what is allusion made in the precept against 
broidered hair ? 

What is meant by " let the women leam in silence 
with all subjection V 

Chap. Ill, 1-7. What are the qualifications, 
and what should be the behavior of, 
bishops ? 
8-13. What of deacons and their wives ? 
14-16. Why had he written these things? 
What does he say of the mystery of god- 
liness ? 
What is the meaning of the word bishop ? 
What of blameless, in verse 2 ? 
Does this verse give any countenance to the Ro- 
mish idea-of ministerial celibacy? 



QUESTIONS OX I. TIMOTHY. 161 

What is meant by the expression, " not a no- 
vice ?" 

Who are meant by " them which are without 1 ?" 

What is the meaning of double- tongued? 

What of, " let these first be proved 1" 

What of, " purchase to themselves a good degree," 
&c., verse 13? 

What is the meaning of the fifteenth verse 1 

What of the sixteenth ? 

Chap. IV, 1-3. What departure from the faith 
should occur in the latter times ? 
4, 5. What does he say of every creature of 
God? 

6. What would be the effect of putting the 

Church in remembrance of these things ? 

7, 8. What should he refuse ? 
What practice, and why ? 

9, 10. Why were they willing to labor and 

suffer reproach ? 
11-16. What directions does he give him as 
to the discharge of his duties ? 

What period is meant by the latter times ? 

What is meant by t: seducing spirits, and doctrines 
of devils !" 

What by "speaking lies in hypocrisy," &c. 1 

What by £i every creature of God," &e. ? 

What by " nourished up in the words of faith," 
verse 6 ? 

What is the meaning of the expression, " bodily 
exercise profiteth little V 

In what sense is God the Saviour of all men ? 

What is meant by " especially of those that be- 
lieve ?" 

What by " let no man despise thy youth V 

What by " the gift that is in thee," &c. } 

Who were the presbytery ? 
11 



162 QUESTIONS ON I TIMOTHY. 

Chap. V, 1-8. What directions does he give as 
to several classes ? 
9-16. What counsels concerning widows? 
17-20. What concerning elders ? 
21, 22. What solemn charge does he lay upon 
Timothy ? 

23. What medical direction does he give 
^ them ? 

24, 25. What does he say concerning sins 

and good works ? 
What is meant by an elder, verse 1 * 
What by entreat ? 

What by " honor widows that are widows in- 
deed ?" 
Who are meant by nepheivs, verse 4 ? 
What custom is alluded to in the ninth verse ? 
What by " if she have washed the saints' feet ? w 
What is the meaning of refuse, verse 11? 
Y/hat of, " having damnation V 
What of, " if any man or woman have widows ?" 
Who are meant by the " elect angels V 
What by " lay hands suddenly on no man V 
What is the meaning of the twenty-fourth and 
twenty-fifth verses ? 

Chap. VI, 1, 2. What is the duty of Christian 

servants ? 
3-5. What does he say of any man teaching 

otherwise ? 
6-10. How does he inculcate godliness and 

contentment ? 
11-16. What solemn charge to faithfulness 

does he give him ? 
17—21. What charges and warnings to the- 

rich? 



QUESTIONS Otf II. TIMOTHY. 163 

With what personal address and benedic- 
tion does he close ? 

What is meant by the expression, " under the 
yoke 1" 

What by " partakers of the benefit," verse 2 ? 

What by " wholesome words '?" 

What by " doting about questions," &c. ? 

What by " supposing that gain is godliness ?" 

What is the meaning of, "lay hold on eternal 
life ?" 

What of, " professed a good profession," &e. ? 

What of, " witnessed a good confession," vcr. 13 ? 

What is meant by " which in his times he shall show?" 

What by " oppositions of science," &e. ? 



SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. How does Paul salute Timothy in 
the commencement of this Epistle ? 
3-5. What does he say of his prayers and 

great affection for him ? 
6-11. Of what does he put him in remem- 
brance ? 
What had God bestowed upon them ? 
Of what should he not be ashamed ? 
Of what be willing to partake ? 
What had God done for them ? 
12-14. What does he say of himself? 

How does he exhort him to faithfulness ? 
15-18. What had happened in Asia? 
What does he say of Onesiphorus ? 
What was the occasion and design of this Second 
Epistle ! 



164 QUESTION'S ON II. TIMOTHY. 

What is meant by " according to the promise of 

life," &c, verse 1 ? 
What by "whom I serve from my forefathers," 

verse 3 ? 
What is signified by " stir up the gift of God V . 
What by " the testimony of our Lord V 1 ' 
What is the meaning of the ninth and tenth 

verses 1 
What is signified by " that which I have committed 

unto him," verse 121 
What by " that good thing," verse 14 ? 
What is here meant by Asia ? 
What is meant by " was not ashamed of my 

chain V 

Chap. II, 1-7. How does the apostle exhort 
and counsel him in the performance of 
his duties ? 

8-10. What did he desire him to remember? 

11-13. What will be the awards of faithful- 
ness and unfaithfulness ? 

14. How should he charge the Church? 

15-18. How should he conduct himself? 
What does he say of Hymeneus and Phi- 
letus ? 

19-21. What does he say of the foundation 
of God ? 

22-26. What further counsels as to his cha- 
racter and labors does he give ? 

What is meant by " be strong in the grace," &c. ? 
Who are meant by many witnesses, verse 2 ? 
What is meant by masteries, verse 5 ? 
What by " the word of God is not bound," 

verse 9 ? 
Who are meant by the elect ? 
What is the meaning of the eleventh verse ? 



QUESTIONS ON II. TIMOTHY. 165 

What of the clause, "he cannot deny himself," 

verse 13? 
What is meant by " rightly dividing the word of 

truth ?" 
What by " the foundation of God standeth sure," 

&C.1 

What by " purge himself from these" verse 21 ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-9. What dangerous enemies to the 
Gospel should arise in the last days ? 
10-17. What does Paul say of his own man- 
ner of life, &c. ? 

What of all that will live godly ? 

What of evil men ? 

How does he exhort him to steadfastness ? 

What does he say of the Scriptures ? 

What is meant by the last days ? 

What by " having a form of godliness, but deny- 
ing the power V 

What is the meaning of the sixth and seventh 
verses % 

Who were Jannes and Jambres ? 

What is meant by " all that will live godly in Christ 
Jesus," &c. ? 

Who are meant by seducers ? 

What Scriptures are referred to here ? 

What is meant by " which are able to make thee 
wise unto salvation V 

What by " is given by inspiration of God f 

Chap. IV, 1-5. What impressive charge does 

the apostle give him ? 
6-8. What does Paul say of himself, and what 

glorious prospect had Paul in view ? 
9-12. Why does he press him to visit him 

shortly ? 
13. What does he desire him to bring? 



166 QUESTIONS ON TITUS. 

14-18. What does he say of Alexander the 

coppersmith ? 
How had he been forsaken by his com- 
panions ? 
What had the Lord done, and what would 

he do? 
19-22. Whom does he salute, and how does 

he close ? 
What is meant by " and his kingdom," verse 1 ? 
What by " be instant in season and out of season 1" 
What by " having itching ears V 
What does he mean by " I am now ready to be 

offered?" 
What by " I have kept the faith ? M 
Where were Galatia and Dalmatia ? 
What season was coming on, rendering his cloak 

desirable ? Verse 21. 
What does he mean by parchments ? 
What by " the Lord reward him according to his 

work !" 
To what is reference had in the sixteenth verse 1 
Who is meant by the fam, verse 17 % 



THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. 

Chap. I, 1-4. How does Paul salute Titus? 
5-9. Why had Paul left him in Crete ? 

What are the qualifications of a bishop ? 
10-13. What does he say of unruly and vain 

persons ? 
14-16. To what should he not give heed ? 
What does he say of the pure and of the ' 
unbelie v in# ? 



QUESTIONS ON TITUS. 167 

Who was Titus, and what was the occasion of this 
Epistle ? 

Where is Crete, and what is it now called ? 

Who are meant by elders, verse 5 ? 

Who is meant by " one of themselves, even a pro- 
phet of their own ?" 

What is the meaning of the fifteenth verse ? 

What is the meaning of reprobate ? 

Chap. IT, 1-10. What should Titus speak? 

What should he charge aged men ? 

What aged women ? 

What young men ? 

What does he say of his own deport- 
ment ? 

How should he exhort servants ? 
11-15. What does he say of the grace of 
God? 

What should Titus do in reference to these 
things ? 

What is meant by " he that is of the contrary part," 
verse 8 ? 

What by " the grace of God that bringeth salva- 
tion," &c. 1 
What by " that blessed hope," verse 13 ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-7. How should principalities and 
powers be treated ? 
What should be their behavior towards 

all men? 
What had the Gospel done for them ? 
8-11. What saying would he have him con- 
tinually affirm ? 
What avoid ? 
-How should a heretic be treated ? 



168 QUESTIONS ON PHILEMON. 

12-15. What directions, exhortations, and 
benediction does he give ? 

What is the meaning of the fifth and sixth verses ? 

What is a heretic ? 

What is meant by reject ? 

What of subverted, verse 11 ? 

What by being " condemned of himself P 

Where was Nicopolis ? 

Who are meant by ours, verse 14 ? 



THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON. 

1-3. With what salutations does Paul com- 
mence this Epistle ? 
4-7. For what does he express his thanks to 

God? 
8-18. How does he advocate the cause of 

Onesimus ? 
19-21. How does Paul refer to the obliga- 
tion of Philemon and to his confidence 
in him ? 
22. For what does he desire him to make 

preparation ? 
23-25. How does he close the Epistle ? 
Who was Philemon ? 
What was the occasion of this Epistle ? 
What is meant by " a prisoner of Jesus Christ P 
What by " the Church in thy house," verse 2 ? 
What is the meaning of the sixth verse ? 
What of, " the bowels of the saints are refreshed 

by thee ?" 
How old was Paul at this time ? 
What is the meaning of, " whom I have begotten 
in my bonds ?" 



QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 169 

How had Onesimus now become more profitable 
to Philemon 1 

What is meant by " in the bonds of the Gospel," 
verse 13 ? 

What by thy mind, verse 14 ? 

What by ' : that thou shouldest receive him for- 
ever r 

What by " in the flesh," verse 16 ? 

What by partner, verse 17? 



THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS. 

Chap. I, 1-3. How does Paul exhibit the 
surpassing dignity of the Son of 
God? 
4-14. How does he show his superiority to 
angels ? 

What information can you give of the author, 
occasion, and design of this Epistle ? 

What is meant by sundry times and divers man- 
ners f 

What by these last days ? 

What by the " express image of his person ?" 

What by ;; when he had by himself pureed our 
sins ?" 

What by " as he hath by inheritance obtained a 
more excellent name than they,"* verse 4? 

What portions of Scripture are quoted in the fifth 
verse ? 

What in the sixth and seventh 1 

What in the eighth and ninth ? 

What in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth? 

What in the thirteenth and fourteenth ? 

What is the object of the introduction of these 
Scripture quotations ? 



170 QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 

Chap. II, 1-4. Why should earnest heed be 

given to these things ? 
5-9. How does the apostle set forth the 

humiliation and death of Christ ? 
10-13. What reason does he give for the 

Saviour's sufferings ? 
14-18. How does he sum up the argument 

for his human nature, and exhibit his 

priestly office ? 

What is meant by the expression, "lest at any 
time we should let them slip !" 

What by " the word spoken by angels ?" 

What by " so great salvation V 

What is the meaning of the last clause of the third 
verse ? 

What of, " the world to come," in the fifth verse ? 

What scripture is quoted in the sixth and follow- 
ing verses ? 

What is the meaning of the ninth verse ? 

What of, it became him ? 

What is the meaning of Captain here ? 

What is the meaning of the eleventh verse 1 

In what sense did the death of Christ destroy the 
devil, verse 14 ? 

What is meant by " he took on him the seed of 
Abraham V 

What by all things, verse 17? 

Chap. Ill, 1-6. How does the apostle show 
Christ's superiority to Moses ? 
7-13. What warnings does he give them 

against unbelief ? 
14-19. How does he inculcate steadfastness, 
and show the consequences of unbelief? . 
What is meant by "partakers of the heavenly 
calling P 



QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. Ill 

What by " the apostle and High Priest of our pro- 
fession ?" 

"What is signified by the term house, verse 2 ? 

What by this man, verse 3 1 

What is the force of the argument, showing that 
Christ is superior to Moses ? 

What is the meaning of, " Harden not your hearts," 
verse 8 1 

What of provocation ? 

What of, " so I sware in my wrath V 

What is the meaning of rest, verse 11 ? 

What is meant by " an evil heart of unbe- 
lief?" 

What by "we are made partakers of Christ," 
verse 14 ? 

Who are referred to by the qualification not all, 
verse 16? 

What is the meaning of the nineteenth verse 3 

Chap. IV, 1-10. How does he caution thein 
against coming short of the promised 
rest ? 
11-16. What arguments and motives does 
he offer to quicken their faith and 
hope ? 

In what sense was the Gospel preached to the 

Israelites, verse 2 ? 
What is meant by " not being mixed with 

faith r 
What by " we which have believed do enter into 

rest !" 
What is the meaning of the remainder of the third 

verse 1 
What of the sixth verse ? 
What is meant bv " there remaineth a rest to the 

people of God ?" 
What is the meaning of the twelfth and thirteenth 

verses % 
When does temptation become sin 1 



172 QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 

Chap. Y, 1-10. How does the apostle set forth 
the office and fitness of Christ as a high 
priest ? 
11-14. What reproof does he administer for 
their little progress in religious know- 
ledge ? 

What is meant by " is ordained for men," &c. ? 

What by "no man taketh this honor unto him- 
self?" 

What by " so also Christ glorified not himself," 
&c? 

What scripture is quoted in the sixth verse ? 

What is meant by " after the order of Melchise- 
dec ?" 

What is the meaning of the seventh verse ? 

What is meant by " yet learned he obedience by 
the things which he suffered ?" 

What by " being made perfect ? v 

What by " dull of hearing ?" 

What by " the oracles of God ?" 

What by " he is a babe f 

Chap. YI, 1-3. How does he urge them for- 
ward in religious knowledge and expe- 
rience ? 
4-8. What does he say of those that fall 

away? 
9, 10. Of what was he persuaded in reference 

to them ? 
11-20. How does he exhort and encourage 
them to perseverance ? 
What is meant by the precept, " leaving the prin- 
ciples of the doctrines of Christ ?" 
What by " the doctrine of baptisms ?" . 
What is signified by " laying on of hands V 
What is the meaning of the passage between the 
fourth and sixth verses ? 



QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 173 

What is the application of the illustration in the 

seventh and eighth verses ? 
What is the meaning of, '* things that accompany 

salvation," verse 9 ? 
What of, " inherit the promises," verse 12 ? 
What of. " by the greater," verse 16 ? 
What are meant by the " two immutable things ?" 
To what is allusion had in the sentence, " who have 

fled for refuge," &c. ? 



Chap. VII, 1-3. What does he say of the priest- 
hood of Melchisedec ? 

4-12. How does he show the superiority of 
the priesthood of Melchisedec to that 
of Levi ? 

13-25. How does he set forth the excellency 
and superior character of Christ's priest- 
hood ? 

26-28. How does he sum up what he has 
proved of the priesthood of Christ ? 

Who was Melchisedec ? 

By what name was Salem afterwards called ? 

What is meant by " first being by interpretation 
king of righteousness ?" 

What is the meaning of the third verse? 

What spoils are referred to in the fourth verse ? 

What is the force of the argument in the eighth 
verse 1 

What in the ninth and tenth ? 

When had the change referred to in the eleventh 
verse been foretold ? 

What is the meaning of the sixteenth verse ? 

What is meant by " for the weakness and unpro- 
fitableness thereof," verse 18? 

What is the meaning of the nineteenth verse ? 

To what does the twenty-second verse refer ? 

What is meant by " to the uttermost ?" 



1U QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 

Upon what is Christ's ability to save here 
founded ? 

What is meant by "made higher than the hea- 
vens ?" 

Chap. VIII, 1-6. How does he go on to illus- 
trate the superiority of Christ's priest- 
hood over the Aaronic ? 
7-13. How does he show the excellency of 
the new covenant above the former ? 

What is here meant by " this is the sum V 

What is the force of the argument in the first six 
verses ? 

What is meant by " a minister of the sanctuary," 
&c, verse 2 ? 

What is the meaning of the fourth and fifth 
verses ? 

What is meant by finding fault, verse 8 ? 

Can you give the substance and force of the 
apostle's argument in reference to the supe- 
riority of the new covenant ? 

Chap. IX, 1-10. How does he describe the 

Jewish tabernacle and its utensils ? 
11-22. How does Christ fulfill these types? 
23-28. How does Paul exhibit the necessity 

and dignity of Christ's priesthood ? 
What is meant by " a worldly sanctuary V 
How was the tabernacle divided ? 
What is meant by " the cherubims of glory," 

verse 5 ? 
What by " the priests went always into the first 

tabernacle," verse 6 ? 
What by % the way into the holiest of all was not 

yet made manifest V 
What is the meaning of, a which was a figure for . 

the time then present," verse 9 ? 
What is the meaning of the tenth verse? 



QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 175 

What of, " not of this building," verse 11 ? 
What of, " sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, ,, 

verse 13 ? 
What is meant by " the new testament V 
To what is allusion made in the sixteenth verse ? 
What is meant by, " for a testament is of force after 

men are dead," &c. ? 
What by '-patterns of things in the heavens" 

verse 23 ? 
What by " but now once in the end of the world" 

verse *26 ? 
What by " the sins of many" verse 28 ? 
What by " without sin unto salvation V 

Chap. X, 1-4. How does the apostle state the 
inefficiency of animal sacrifices ? 
5-18. How, on the other hand, does he ex- 
hibit the fullness, glory, and efficacy of 
the Saviour's atonement? 
19-25. What motives does he present for 
holy boldness in our access to God, and 
for steadfastness in faith ? 
26-31. What does he say of the fearful con- 
sequences of apostasy ? 
32-39. How does he exhort them by their 
past faithfulness to maintain their pro- 
fession unto the end ? 
What is the meaning of the first verse ? 
What is meant by " should have had no more con- 
science of sins,'' verse 2 1 
What by ' ; a body thou hast prepared me," in 

verse *5 1 
What is meant by "he taketh away the first? 

Sec. ? Verse 9. 
What is the meaning of expecting, verse 13? 
Where is the Scripture quotation in the fifteenth, 
sixteenth, and seventeenth verses found ! 



176 QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 

What is meant by the holiest, verse 19 ? 

What by "through the veil, that is to say. his 
flesh ?" 

What by the "full assurance of faith ?" 

What by " our bodies washed with pure water ?" 

What is the meaning of provoke, verse 24 ? 

The approach of what day is referred to in the 
twenty -fifth verse ? 

What is meant by " there remaineth no more sacri- 
fice for sins," verse 2G ? 

Who are meant by adversaries, verse 27 ? 

What is signified by " who hath trodden under 
foot the Son of God," &c., verse 29 ? 

What is the meaning of the thirty-first verse 1 

What of illuminated ? 

What is meant by a gazing-stock? 

What by the "spoiling of your goods," verse 34 ? 

Who is referred to in the thirty-seventh verse ? 

Chap. XI, 1. What is faith? 

2, 3. What illustrations are here given of the 

power of faith ? 
4—7. What instances of strong faith occurred 

from Abel to JSToah ? 
8-19. What illustrations are given from the 

life of Abraham ? 
20-29. What examples are recorded from 

Isaac to Moses ? 
30-38. What others are given in this 

chapter ? 
39, 40. What is said of these faithful per- 
sons? 
What has God provided for us ? 
What is the meaning of, ' ; the substance of things 

hoped for F 
What of " the evidence of things not seen V 
Who are meant by the elders, verse 2 1 



QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. HI 

What is the meaning of the third verse ? 

In what was Abel's sacrifice more excellent ? 

What is meant by " God testifying of his gifts V 1 

What by " being dead, yet speaketh V 1 

What is implied in the expression, ' : and was not 
found," verse 5 ? 

What is meant by " he that cometh to God must 
believe that he ?s," &c. 1 

What by the " land of promise," verse 9 ? 

What by " he looked for a city which hath founda- 
tions" verse 10 ? 

What is the meaning of the thirteenth verse ? 

What of, " from whence also he received him in a 
figure," verse 19 ? 

What of, ' : the departing of the children of Israel," 
verse 22 ? 

What of, a proper child, verse 23 ? 

What is meant by " the reproach of Christ," 
verse 26 ? 

What instance can you recollect of a woman's re- 
ceiving her dead to life again ? 

What eminent prophet is said to have been saivn 
asunder ? 

What is meant by not worthy, verse 38 ? 

What promise is referred to in the thirty-ninth 
verse 1 

What is the meaning of, fi that they without us 
should not be made perfect V 

Chap. XII, 1-13. How does Paul exhort them 
to constancy and perseverance ? 
13-17. How does he inculcate peace, holi- 
ness, and steadfastness ? 
18-29. How does he show the glory and 
graciousness of the new dispensation in, 
comparison with the old ? 
What is meant by "seeing we are compassed 

about with so great a cloud of witnesses f 
To what Grecian custom is reference here made * 
12 



178 QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS. 

What is meant by " lay aside every weight" &c. ? 
What by " the joy that was set before him V 
What by " such contradiction of sinners?" 
What by "resisted unto blood," verse 4? 
Where is the quotation in the fifth verse to be 

found ? 
What is meant by "lift up the hands which hang 

down," &c., verse 12^ 
What by " any root of bitterness," verse 15? 
What by " fornicator or profane person ?* 
What by birthright ? 
What blessing is referred to in the seventeenth 

verse ? 
What is me?nt by the "mount that might be 

touched ?" 
What by "the voice of words," verse 19? 
What is here meant by Mount Sion. &c, verse 22 ? 
What by the " general assembly and Church of the 

first-born," &c. ? 
What is the meaning of the twenty-fifth verse ? 
What of tr ; twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh 

versos ? 
What is mevnt by " a kingdom which cannot be 

moved ?" 
What is the application of the twenty-ninth 

verse ? 

Chap. XIII, 1-8. What practical duties does 

lie inculcate ? 
9-15. Against what does he warn them ? 

What were their privileges as Christians ? 
16, 17. How does he enjoin doing good and 

obedience to authorities? 
18, 19. For what reason does he request 

prayers ? 
20, 21. What prayer does he offer for 

them? 
22-25. What does, he say of this letter? 



QUESTIONS ON JAMES. 179 

What of Timothy ? 

How does he close ? 

What is meant by " some have entertained angels 

unawares '?" 
What by " as bound with them," &c., verse 3 3 
What is the meaning of conversation, verse 5 ? 
What of remember, verse 7 1 
What of, strange doctrines, &c., verse 9 ? 
What is the meaning of the tenth and eleventh 

verses ? 
What of the thirteenth ? 
What of, to communicate, verse 16? 
What of, " make you perfect," verse 21 ? 
What of, " in few words," verse 22 ? 



THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES. 

Chap. I, 1. With what greeting does this 
Epistle open ? 

2-4. How are temptations and afflictions to 
be borne ? 

5-8. If a man lacks wisdom, what course 
should he take ? 
What is said of a double-minded man ? 

9-11. What directions does he give to the 
poor and the rich ? 

12-15. What does he say of temptation? 

16-18. Whence comes all good ? 

19-25. What Christian duties does he incul- 
cate ? 

26, 27. What marks does he give of false 
and true religion ? 



180 QUESTIONS ON JAMES. 

What can you relate of the author of this Epistle 1 
What was the occasion and design of its being 

written ? 
What is the meaning of general, in the title of this 

book? 
Who are meant by the twelve tribes 9 
What are meant by temptations, in the second 

verse ? 
What is meant by the " trying of your faith V 
What is here the meaning of wisdom, verse 5 ? 
What is meant by " upbraideth not V 1 
What by " nothing wavering f" 
What is a " double-minded man V 3 
What is the meaning of the directions in the ninth 

and tenth verses ? 
What is the meaning of tempted, in the thirteenth 

verse 1 
What of, iC when lust hath conceived ?" 
What of, " of his own will begat he us with the 

word," &c. ? 
What is meant by " superfluity of naughtiness ?" 
What by the " perfect law of liberty," verse 25 2 
Do the characteristics contained in the twenty- 
seventh verse comprise the whole of religion 1 
What, then, is the meaning of the verse ? 

Chap. II, 1-9. How does the apostle expose 
the sin of a partial regard for persons ? 
10, 11. How strict is the requirement of the 

law ? 
12, 13. How should they speak? 

What is said of the merciless man ? 
14-26. How does the apostle exhibit the 
relation of faith to good works ? 

What is meant by "have not the faith of our 

Lord," &c. ? 
What by assembly, verse 2 ? 
What is here meant by a good place, verse 3 ? 



QUESTIONS ON JAMES. 181 

What by " are become judges of evil thoughts," 
verse 4 ? 

What is the meaning of, " hath not God chosen 
the poor of this world," &c. 1 

What of the tenth verse ? 

What is meant by " mercy rejoiceth against judg- 
ment," verse 13 1 

What by the question, " Can faith save him ?" 

What by " faith without works is dead," verse 20 ?' 

What is signified by the question in the twenty- 
first verse ? 

What idea is intended to be conveyed in the 
twenty-fourth ? 

Is there any contradiction between the teaching of 
the apostle James and Paul, as to the doctrine 
of justifying faith ?" 

Chap. Ill, 1-12. How does he expose the evils 
of an unruly tongue ? 
13-18. What comparison does he draw be- 
tween worldly and heavenly wisdoms ? 

What is the meaning of masters, verse 1 ? 

What of the latter clause of the verse ? 

What is the meaning of, "in many things we 
offend all ?" 

What of, " the same is a perfect man," &c. 1 

What is meant by " a world of iniquity," verse 6 ? 

What is the meaning of the last part of the verse ? 

What of, " the tongue can no man tame," in 
verse 8 ? 

What is meant by "the fruit of righteousness is 
sown in peace," &c. 1 

Chap. IV, 1-10. What important cautions and 
directions does he give ? 
11-17. How should a brother be treated? 
What reference should be had to the pro- 
vidence of God ? 



182 QUESTIONS ON JAMES. 

What is said of him that knoweth to do 

good ? 
What is the source of all war ! 
To what may allusion be had in this verse 1 
What is the meaning of the second verse? 
What is here meant by the term adulterers, &c. ? 
What is the meaning of the ninth verse 1 
m What of the eleventh ? 

What spirit is inculcated in the fifteenth verse? 
What is the meaning of the seventeenth 1 

Chap. V, 1-6. What judgments are pronounced 
against the unrighteous rich ? 
7—11. What exhortations and motives are 
given to encourage patience and meek- 
ness ? 
12. What does he say of illegal swearing? 
13-18. What should be done in the hour of 
joy, and what in the time of affliction ? 

How does he illustrate the power of 
prayer ? 
19, 20. What does he say of him who is in- 
strumental in the conversion of a sin- 
ner? 

Who are meant by rich men, in verse 1 1 

What is the sense of the second and third verses ! 

What is meant by " as in a day of slaughter," 
verse 5 ? 

To whom is reference had in the term just^ 
verse 6 ? 

What is meant by "the early and latter raia," 
verse 7 ? 

What by " the coming of the Lord draweth 
nigh f] 

What is the meaning of grudge not, &c. ? 

What of, swear not, &c. ? 

What is the meaning of the fourteenth verse % 



QUESTIONS OX I. PETER. 183 

Will the prayer of faith always save the sick? 
What is the meaning of the last clause of the 

fifteen tii verse ? 
What of. " confess your faults one to another V 
What of. : ' subject to like passions ?" 
What of. ,; if any of you do en* from the truth !" 
What is meant by " and one convert him ?" 
What bv ; * shall hide a multitude of sins V 



THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
PETER. 

Chap. I, 1, 2. With what salutation does the 
apostle commence this Epistle ? 
3-9. For what special benefits through Christ 
does he render thanks ? 
What of the trial of their faith ? 
What of the joy of faith in Christ? 
10-12. What had been revealed to the pro- 
phets ? 
13-16. What practical exhortations does he 

give them in view of their privileges ? 
17-21. With what motives does he inculcate 

sobriety ? 
22, 23. How does he enforce brotherly love ? 
24, 25. How the transitory nature of all 
earthly things, and the enduring cha- 
racter of the word of the Lord ? 
What ean you relate of the author of this book 1 
What was the occasion and design of this Epistle ? 
Who are meant by " the strangers scattered through- 
out Pontus." fee. 1 ? 
What is the meaning of the second verse I 



184 QUESTIONS ON I. PETER. 

What of, " hath begotten us again unto a lively 

hope," &c. ? 
"What is the meaning of the fifth verse ? 
What is meant by heaviness, verse 6 ? 
What by " though it be tried with fire," verse 7 1 
What by "full of glory," verse 8 ? 
What is the meaning of the eleventh verse ? 
What of, " but unto us they did minister the things 

which are now reported unto you," &c., ver. 12? 
What is meant by " which things the angels desire 

to look into V 
What by " gird up the loins of your mind V 
What is the signification of fear, in the seventeenth 

verse % • 

What is the meaning of the twentieth verse ? 

Chap. II, 1-3. What temper should characterize 
the Christian? 
4-8. How does he represent the Church 

under the figure of a temple ? 
9, 10. How set forth their exalted privi- 
leges ? 
11-17. What duties does he enjoin upon 

them? 
18-25. With what motives does he urge the 
duty of subjection upon servants ? 
What is meant by "the sincere milk of the 

word ?" 
What scriptures are referred to in verses 4 to 6 ? 
Can you show the force and beauty of the figure 

of the apostle in these verses ? 
What is the meaning of, "whereunto also they 

were appointed," verse 8 1 
What of, u ye are a chosen generation," &c. ? 
What is meant by "strangers and pilgrims," 

verse 11 ? 
What is the meaning of honest, verse 12 1 
What of " the day of visitation V 



QUESTIONS ON I. PETER. 185 

What of "every ordinance of man," verse 13 ? 

What is the meaning of the sixteenth verse ? 

What of, " the brotherhood ?" 

What of hereunto, verse 21 ? 

What of, " his own self bare our sins in his own 

body," &c., verse 24 ? 
What of bishop, verse 25 ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-7. What duties does he enjoin 
upon wives ? 
What upon husbands ? 

8-11. What important practical duties does 
he inculcate in these verses ? 

12-14. With what reasons does he enforce 
these duties ? 

15-17. What should they be always ready 

to give ? 
How should evil treatment be borne ? 
18-22. How does he illustrate this by the 

example of Christ ? 

What is meant by " they also may without the word" 
&c., verse 1 ? 

What by fear, in verse 2 ? 

What is the meaning of the third and fourth 
verses ? 

What of, "and are not afraid with any amaze- 
ment," verse 6 ? 

What is the meaning of eschew? 

What of ensue ? 

What is meant by " if ye be followers of that which 
is good 1 ?" 

What by " sanctify the Lord God in your 
hearts ?" 

What is the meaning of the nineteenth and twen- 
tieth verses 1 

What of the twentv-first verse ? 



186 QUESTIONS ON I PETER. 

Chap. IV, 1-6. By what considerations does 
he urge purity and holiness ? 
7-11. What event was at hand? 

What duties does he therefore urge upon 
them ? 
12-19. How does he encourage fortitude in 
suffering ? 

What is meant by " he that hath suffered in the 

flesh hath ceased from sin ? a 
What by " to have wrought the will of the Gen- 
tiles," verse 3 ? 
What is the meaning- of, " him that is ready to judge 

the quick and the dead," verse 5 ? 
What of the sixth verse ? 
What is meant by ;t the end of all things is at 

hand r 
In what sense does " charitv cover the multitude 

of sins V ' 
What is the meaning of gift? 
What of, " if any man speak, let him speak as the 

oracles of God V 
What is meant by the fiery trial, verse 12 ?• 
What by ' ; the Spirit of glory and of God resteth 

upon you," verse 14 ? 
What is the meaning of, " the time is come that 

judgment must begin at the house of God," 

verse 17 1 
Why are the righteous said to be scarcely saved f 

Chap. V, 1-4. How does he exhort and encou- 
rage the elders ? 
5-9. What directions does he give to younger 

Christians ? 
10-14. What prayer and adoration does he 
offer for them ? 
By whom was the letter sent ? 






QUESTIONS OX II. PETER. 187 

With what salutations and benediction does 
he close ? 

Who are meant by the elders ? 

Does Peter exhibit in this verse any of the prero- 
gatives of a Romish pope 1 

In what sense was Peter a " partaker of the glory 
tli at shall be revealed ?" 

What is meant by God's heritage? 

Who by the chief Shepherd ? 

Who are here meant by ye younger? 

How is the personality of the devil clearly taught 
in the eighth and ninth verses ? 

What is the meaning of, as I suppose , in the twelfth 
verse ? 

What of the " Church that is at Babylon V' 

Who is the Marcus spoken of? 



THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
PETER. 

Chap. I, 1-3. How does Peter introduce his 
Second Epistle ? 
4-11. For what end have the promises of the 
Gospel been given ? 
What additions should they make to their 

faith ? 
With what motives does he enforce the 
exhortation ? 
12-15. How does the apostle set forth his 
own death as a reason for his faithful- 
ness ? 
16-21. What confirmations of the truth of 
the Gospel does he give ? 



188 QUESTIONS ON II. PETER. 

What can you state of the character and design of 

this Epistle ? 
What is meant by " through the righteousness of 

God ?" 
What by " through the knowledge of God V 
What is the meaning of the third verse ? 
To what does whereby refer, in the fourth verse 1 
What is the signification of " besides this ?" 
What is the meaning of virtue ? 
What is meant by " ye shall neither be barren nor 

unfruitful," verse 8 1 
What by blind, verse 9 1 
What by " your calling and election V 
What by "if ye do these things ye shall never 

fdir 

What is the meaning of the eleventh verse? 

What of, " the present truth," verse 12 ? 

What is meant by tabernacle, verse 13 ? 

To what glorious event is reference had in the 
sixteenth and seventeenth verses ? 

What is meant by a " more sure word of pro- 
phecy r 

How do the Old Testament prophecies confirm the 
truth of the Gospel ? 

What is the meaning of the twentieth verse ? 

What of, "prophecy came not by the will of 
man ?"' 

Chap. II, 1-3. How does the apostle warn them 

against false prophets ? 
4-9. What threatenings does he denounce 

upon them ? 
10-22. What description does he give of 

these seducers ? 

Who are meant in the expression, "among the 

people V 
What is meant by " damnable heresies ?" 
What is the meaning of, " denying the Lord that 

bought them ?" 



QUESTIONS ON II. PETER. 189 

What of feigned words ? 

What is meant by the last clause of the third 
verse ? 

What by the eighth person, verse 5 ? 

What by " despise government," &c., verse 10 ? 

Who are referred to by them, in the eleventh 
verse ? 

What is the meaning of, " spots they are and ble- 
mishes," &c, verse 13 ? 

What of the fifteenth verse 1 

What is the force of the figures in the seven- 
teenth verse ? 

What is the meaning of, " those that were clean 
escaped from them who live in error," verse 18 1 

What is the force of the teaching in the twentieth 
and twentv-first verses ? 



Chap. Ill, 1-4. For what purpose had Peter 

written these Epistles ? 
Who should come in the last days ? 
5-10. How does the apostle answer the argu- 
ment of these scoffers ? 
What should be the character of the day 

of the Lord ? 
11-18. What exhortations to holiness does he 

found upon these solemn truths ? 
What does he say of the Epistles of Paul ? 
How does he exhort them to steadfastness 

and growth in grace ? 
Who are meant by the holy prophets? 
What are meant by the last days, in the third 

verse » 
Who are meant by scoffers ? 
What is meant by " walking after their own 

lusts?" 
What is the force of the argument of the scoffers 3 
What of the answer of Peter ? 



190 QUESTIONS ON I. JOHN. 

What is the meaning of the eighth verse ? 
What of not slack, verse 9 ? 
What of, " the day of the Lord," verse 10 ? 
What is the meaning of the thirteenth verse ? 
What is meant by " account that the long-suffering 

of our Lord is salvation," &c, verse 15 ? 
What is the meaning of the sixteenth verse ? 



THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
JOHN. 

Chap. I, 1-4. With what declaration does the 
apostle commence this Epistle ? 
5-10. What message does he bring to 
them? 
What is necessary to secure communion 
with God ? 

What account can you give of the character and 

design of this Epistle ? 
What is meant by " from the beginning?" 
What by the Word of life? 
What by " the life was manifested," &c, in 

verse 2 1 
What by " that you may have fellowship with 

us?" 
What is the meaning of the last clause of the 

third verse ? 
What is implied in the expression, " God is light,' 

&c, verse 5 ? 
What is the meaning of the sixth verse ? 
What is meant by " if we say we have no sin ?" 
What is the difference between the forgiveness of- 

our sins and the cleansing from all unrighteous- 
ness ? 



QUESTIONS ON I. JOHN. 191 

Chap. II, 1, 2. How does the apostle set forth 
the atonement of Christ? 
3-11. How may we know that we have the 
Divine approbation ? 

What does he say of the new command- 
ment ? 

What test does this afford of Christian cha- 
racter ? 
12-23. What addresses does he deliver to 
persons of different ages ? 

How does he warn them against a love of 
the world ? 

How does he point out the antichrists of 
that period ? 
24-29. How does he counsel steadfastness 
and holiness ? 

What is signified by the terms, "my little chil- 
dren ? w 

What is meant by " we have an Advocate with the 
Father ?" 

What is the meaning of propitiation ? 

What is meant by " we know that we know 
him ?" 

What by perfected, in the fifth verse ? 

What is the meaning of the seventh and eighth 
verses ? 

Who is meant by the term brother, in the ninth 
verse ? 

What is the meaning of, " there is none occasion 
of stumbling in him,'' verse 10 ? 

What of, '• because ye have known him, that is 
from the beginning."' verse 13 ? 

What of, " because ye have known the Father ?" 

What is the meaning of the precept, ; " love not the 
world ? n 

What is meant by ' : is not of the Father ? ,s 

What by "it is the last time," &c., verse 18 ? 



192 QUESTIONS ON I. JOHN. 

What by " an unction from the Holy One !" 

What by " ye know all things ?" 

Why is the latter clause of the twenty -third verse 

printed in italics ? 
What is meant by the " anointing which ye have 

received," &c, verse 27 ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-10. How had the Father exhibited 
his love towards them ? 
What is the believer's exalted privilege ? 
What should be the effect of this expecta- 
tion of seeing Christ ? 
What test of Christian character does he 
propose ? 
11-18. How does the apostle enforce bro- 
therly love ? 
19-22. What does he say of self-condemna- 
tion and the contrary ? 
What is the privilege of those whose hearts 
do not condemn them ? 
23, 24. What is his commandment? 
What is the result of keeping it ? 

What is meant by " that we should be called the 

sons of God ?" 
What by " the world knoweth us not V 
What by " when he shall appear ?" 
In what respect shall we be like Christ ? 
What is meant by " we shall see him as he is ?" 
What is the meaning of the sixth verse ? 
What of, " that he might destroy the works of the 

devil," verse 8 ? 
What is the signification of the ninth verse ? 
What is the meaning of, t: passed from death unto 

life," verse 14 % 
In what sense ought we " to lay down our lives 

for the brethren ?V 



QUESTIONS ON I. JOHN. 193 

What is meant by " and shall assure our hearts 
before him," verse 19? 

What is the meaning of the twentieth and twenty- 
first verses 1 

What of the assurance, u icliatsoever we ask we re- 
ceive of him," &c. ? 

What is the meaning of the last clause of the 
twenty-fourth verse ? 

Chap. IV, 1-6. How are believers cautioned 
against false spirits ? 
7-13. How does the apostle illustrate and 
enforce the necessity of brotherly love ? 
14-21. How inculcate faith in Christ and love 
to God ? 
What is meant by every spirit ? 
What is the force of the test of a false teacher 

given in the second and third verses ? 
What is the meaning of the fourth verse ? 
What of the last clause of the sixth verse 3 
What is meant by " love is of God," verse 7 ? 
What is the meaning of the twelfth verse ! 
What of the seventeenth and eighteenth verses ? 



Chap. V, 1-5. What marks of the new birth 
does the apostle give ? 
6-8. What does he say of Jesus Christ and 

his witnesses ? 
9-12. What confidence may we have in 

Christ ? 
13-17. Why had the apostle written these 
things ? 
What confidence may the believer have in 

him? 
What does he say of a sinning brother? 
* 13 



194 QUESTIONS ON II. JOHN. 

18-21. What of him that is born of God ? 
What of the world ? 

What had the Son of God done for them ? 
How does he close ? 
What is the meaning of the first verse % 
What of, " whatsoever is bora of God overcometh 

the world ?" 
What by, " and this is the victory," &c. ! 
What is the meaning of the passage from the sixth 

to the eighth verse % 
What is meant by " hath the witness in himself," 

verse 10? 
What is the meaning of the fourteenth and fifteenth 

verses 1 
What of the sixteenth and seventeenth ? 
What is meant by " that wicked one toucheth him 

not ?" 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN. 

1-3. How does the apostle salute the elect 
lady? 

4. In what did he rejoice ? 

5, 6. What does he beseech of her ? 
What does he say of this love ? 

7-13. How does he caution her against de- 
ceivers ? 
How does he close the Epistle ? 
What information can you give in reference to this 

Epistle ? 
Who is meant by the elder ? 
What is meant by " elect lady ?" 
What by " whom I love in the truth V 
What is the meaning of, " neither bid him God- 
speed ?" 



QUESTIONS ON JUDE. 195 



THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN. 

1. How does this Epistle open? 
2-8. For what does the apostle express a 
strong desire? 
In what did he rejoice ? 
How does he commend his course ? 
9-12. What does he say of Diotrephes ? 
What exhortation to the doing of good does 

he give him ? 
What does he say of Demetrius ? 
13, 14. How does the apostle close this affec- 
tionate and beautiful letter ? 
What information can you give of this Epistle 1 
What is meant by " even as thy soul prospereth," 

verse 2 ? 
Who are meant by children, verse 4 3 
Who are meant by " the brethren and strangers," 

verse 5 ? 
What by " after a godly sort," verse 6 1 
What by " taking nothing of the Gentiles f 
What is the meaning of the ninth and tenth 
verses ? 



THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE. 

1,2. With what introduction does Jude open 
this letter ? 

3, 4. How does he exhort them to stead- 
fastness ? 
What reason does he offer for this ? 



196 QUESTIONS ON JUDE. 

5-7. What examples are presented as warn- 
ings to unbelievers ? 
8-16. What description does he give of these 

deceivers ? 
1*7-23. How does he warn, and encourage, 

and exhort believers ? 
24, 25. With what encouraging doxology 
does he close ? 
Who was Jude ? 
What can you say of the character and design of 

this Epistle ? 
Who are meant by the sanctified, &c, verse 1 ? 
What is meant by " the common salvation V 1 
What by " the faith which was once delivered to 

the saints ?" 
What by " who were before of old ordained to this 

condemnation," &c, verse 4 ? 
What is the force of the illustrations of divine 

judgment given by the apostle ? 
What is the meaning of filthy dreamers ? 
What of the ninth verse 1 
Who is meant by Core, in the ninth verse ! 
What is meant by "because of advantage," in 

verse 16 1 
What by "who separate themselves," verse 19? 
What is meant by the twenty-third verse % 



QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 197 



THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE 
DIVINE. 

Chap. I, 1-3. How is the Divine origin, the 

design, and the importance of this book 

stated by John ? 
4-8. With what salutation to the churches 

does he commence ? 
9-11. Where, when, and how was this reve- 
lation made to John ? 
12-20. What glorious vision did he have of 

Christ ? 
How was he affected at the sight ? 
What did Christ do and say to him ? 
What information can you give in reference to the 

character and design of this inspired book ? 

See B. S. Manual. 
What is meant by " the revelation of Jesus 

Christ?" 
What by "things which must shortly come to 

pass % n 
What by " for the time is at hand 1" 
What is the meaning of !; the seven spirits which 

are before his throne ? ,? 
What of, " who is the faithful Witness ? M 
What of, " the First-begotten of the dead V 
Who are meant by " they also which pierced 

him ?" 
What is meant by " all kindreds of the earth V 
What is signified by the expression, " I am Alpha 

and Omega ?" 
Where is Patmos ? 

What is meant by " for the word of God," &c. ? 
What by the " Lord's day ?" 
In what part of Asia are these cities ? 



198 QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 

What is meant by " like unto the Son of man ?" 

What by the expression, " I am the first and the 
last," verse 17? 

What by " and have the keys of hell and of 
death ?" 

What by " the mystery of the seven stars f 

What by the term angels ? 

For what reasons are these terms highly appro- 
priate as symbols, symbolical of the Church and 
ministry ? 

Chap. II, 1-7. What message was sent to the 
Church at Ephesus ? 
8-11. What to Smyrna? 
12-17. What to Pergamos ? 
18-29. What to Thyatira? 

What is the present appearance of Ephesus ? 
What is signified by the language of Christ, in the 

first verse ? 
What is meant by " I know thy works," &c. ? 
What by " thou hast left thy first love," verse 4 ? 
What by " will remove thy candlestick," verse 5 ? 
Who were the Nicolaitanes ? 
What is meant by overcometh, verse 7 ? 
What by the last clause of the seventh verse ? 
In what sense was the Church at Smyrna rich, 

verse 9 ? 
What is meant by " are the synagogue of Satan ?" 
What by " ye shall have tribulation ten days ?" 
What by " the second death," verse 11? 
What is the present state of Smyrna ! 
What of Pergamos ? 
What is meant by " hath the sharp sword with two 

edges," verse 12 ? 
What by " where Satan's seat is," verse 13 ? 
What by " the doctrine of Balaam ?" 
What by "with the sword of my mouth," in 

verse 16? 
What is the signification of the promise in tkff 
seventeenth verse ? 



QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 199 

What is meant by " thou sufferest that woman 

Jezebel," &c, in verses 20 to 23 ? 
What by " have not known the depths of Satan," 

&c, verse 24 ! 
What by " I will give power over the nations," 

verses 26, 27 ? 
What by " I will give him the morning star V 
What is the present appearance of Thyatira ? 

Chap. Ill, 1-6. What was the epistle to the 
Church in Sardis ? 
7-13. What to Philadelphia ? 
14-22. What to Laodicea ? 

What is the present appearance of Sardis % 

What is meant by " he that hath the seven spirits 
of God," &c. ? 

What by "thou hast a name that thou livest^" 
&c? 

What by " strengthen the things which re- 
main ?" 

What is the meaning of the fourth verse ? 

What of the promise in the fifth verse ? 

What is the present appearance of Phila- 
delphia ? 

What is meant by " he that hath the key of Da- 
vid," &c, verse 7 ? 

What by an open door, verse 8 ? 

What is signified by the promise in the ninth 
verse ? 

What by "the hour of temptation which shall 
come upon all the world," &c., verse 10 ? 

What is the meaning of the eleventh verse ? 

What of the promise in the twelfth 1 

What is the present appearance of Laodicea ? 

What is meant by " thon art neither cold nor hot," 
verse 15? 

What is the meaning of the seventeenth and eight- 
eenth verses 1 

What of the twentieth and twenty-first ? 



200 QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 

Chap. IV, 1-8. What vision did John have of 
God and his glorious throne ? 
8-11. What was the song of the elders and 
of the holy angels ? 

What is signified by the throne and its costly 

arrangements ? 
What by the four and twenty elders ? 
What by the sea of glass ? 
What by the beast ? 
What by their casting their crowns before the 

throne ? 

Chap. V, 1-8. Describe the vision of the book 
with seven seals. 
9-14. Describe the new song and the hea- 
venly choir. 

What are denoted under the symbol of the book 

with seven seals 1 
Who is meant by the " Lion of the tribe of Judah," 

&c., verse 5 ? 
Why is he also represented by the Lamb, verse 6 ? 
What is signified by the expression, "which are 

the prayers of the saints," verse 8 ? 
Whom do these heavenly hosts worship % 
Who must he then be ? 

Chap. VI, 1-8. What occurred upon the open- 
ing of the first four seals ? 
9-11. What upon the fifth ? 
12-17. What upon the sixth? 

What is supposed to be signified by these 

seals? 
Of what were the symbols of the first and second 

period significant ? 
Of what the third seal ? 
Of what the fourth? 



QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 201 

What is represented by the symbols of the fifth 

seal ? 
What by the sixth ? 

Chap. VII, 1-8. What occurred between the 
opening of the sixth and seventh seals ? 

9-12. What anthem of praise did this immense 
multitude sing ? 

13-17. Of whom did the elder say this com- 
pany was composed, and what was their 
present happiness ? 

What is meant by the four corners of the earth ? 
What interpretation can you give to the imagery 

of this chapter 1 
To what custom is allusion had in the term sealed, 

verse 3 ? 

Chap. VIII, 1-5. What occurred after the open- 
ing of the seventh seal ? 
6-13. Who now prepared to sound? 
Describe the sounding of the first four. 

What period is supposed to be represented by the 

seventh seal % 
What by the silence of " half an hour ?" 
From what services are the figures from verses 2 

to 5 taken ? 
What is denoted by the occurrences recorded after 

the sounding of the several trumpets ? 

Chap. IX, 1-12. What happened upon the 
sounding of the fifth trumpet ? 
13-21. What upon the sixth? 

What impostor and false religion are supposed to 
be referred to under the symbols of the fifth 
angel ? 



202 QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 

What by the period mentioned in the tenth 

verse ? 
Was the Mohammedan power checked at the 

close of this period ? 
What is signified by the symbols of the sixth 

angel ? 

Chap. X, 1-11. Relate the vision of the angel 

with the little open book. 
What interpretation can you give to the prophetic 

symbols of this chapter ! 
What is signified by the rainbow upon his head ? 
What by the oath, that there " should be time no 

longer f 1 
What by the tenth verse ? 

Chap. XI, 1, 2. By what figure is the Church 
of Christ represented ? 
3-13. What is said of the two witnesses ? 
14-19. What occurred upon the sounding of 
the seventh angel ? 
What is meant by the holy city ? 
What by its being trodden under foot forty and 

two months ? 
What is the meaning of the figure of the two wit- 
nesses ? 
What of the symbols of the seventh trumpet ? 

Chap. XII, 1-17. Relate the vision of the woman 
and the red dragon. 
What is the usual interpretation of these sym- 
bols ! 

Chap. XIII, 1-10. What was the vision of the 
beast which rose from the sea ? 
11-18. What of the beast that came up out 
of the earth ? 



QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 203 

What is said of the number of the beast ? 
What is supposed to be represented by the beast 

rising out of the sea ? 
Show the application of the several figures to the 

persecuting Roman empire. 
What period is meant by forty and two months ? 
What is signified by the symbol of the second 

beast ? 
What is the meaning of the eighteenth verse 1 

Chap. XIV, 1-5. What glorious vision of the 
faithful praising God is here given ? 

6, 7. What was the vision of the angel of the 
everlasting Gospel? 

8-13. What other angels followed ? 

14-20. What was the vision of the har- 
vest ? 

Who are represented by the one hundred and 
forty and four thousand 1 

What by the vision of the angel with the everlast- 
ing Gospel 1 ? 

What by Babylon and her fate ? 

What is the meaning of the twelfth verse ? 

What is meant by the figure of the harvest ? 

Chap. XV, 1-4. What was the vision of the 
"sea of glass?" 
What song did they sing ? 
5-8. What was the vision of the angels and 
the plagues ? 

What interpretation can you give to the vision of 

the sea of glass ? 
What is meant by the angels with the plagues ? 
What by " the song of Moses and the song of the 

Lamb?" 



204 QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 

Chap. XYI, 1-7. Describe the pouring out of 
the first three vials. 
8-11. Of the fourth and fifth. 
12-16. Of the sixth. 

17-21. Of the seventh. 

What interpretation can you give to the vials ? 

Chap. XYII, 1-6. How does the angel explain 

the mystery of Babylon ? 

7-18. How the mystery of the woman and 

the beast ? 

To what do the symbols of this chapter apply ? 

What is meant by " here is the mind which hath 

wisdom," verse 9 ? 
What by the eleventh verse ? 
What by the appellations of Christ, verse 14 ? 

Chap. XVIII, 1-8. How does the angel pro- 
claim the fall of Babylon ? 
9-19. What lamentations are made over her? 
20-24. How and why should the Church 
rejoice over her? 
What is here meant by Babylon ? 
What application of the different figures can you 
make to the Romish Church ? 

Chap. XIX, 1-10. Give the seraphic song of 
triumph uttered by the redeemed. 
What is said of the bride and of the mar- 
riage supper? 
What did John do, and what was said ? 
11-21. Describe the vision of Christ going 
forth to destroy the beast and his 
armies. 



QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 205 

Who are signified by the wife of the Lamb ? 
What is signified by this symbolic marriage ? 
Who is meant by " him that was called Faithful 

and True ?" 
What is signified by this vision of Christ ? 

Chap. XX, 1-3. What was done with Satan? 
4-6. Describe the first resurrection. 
7-10. What happened when Satan was 

loosed ? 
11-15. Describe the general resurrection. 
What is signified by the binding of Satan ? 
What by the thousand years of the first resur- 
rection ? 
What by Gog and Magog, and their army ? 

Chap. XXI, 1-8. Describe the New Jerusalem 
and its blessings. 
9-21. Its heavenly origin, glory, and secure 

defense. 
22-2 7. Its perfect happiness. 

What is meant by " there was no more sea V 1 

To what is allusion had in the third verse ? 

Who is meant by the bride, verse 9 ? 

What is signified by the walls of this city 1 

What by the gold and precious stones % 

Why was there no temple in this city ? 

To what is allusion had in the twenty-fifth verse ? 

Chap. XXII, 1-5. What description is here 
given of the heavenly state ? 

6-19. How are the revelations of this book 
enforced ? 

20, 21. With what solemn assurance and 
benediction does John close the reve- 
lation ? 



206 QUESTIONS ON REVELATION. 

Of what was the crystal river an emblem ? 
Why are twelve manner of fruits mentioned ? 
What is meant by "there shall be no more 

curse ?" 
To what is allusion had in the fourth verse ! 
What is signified by the expression, " there shall 

be no night there V 
What is the meaning of the eleventh verse ? 
Who is referred to in the twelfth and succeeding 

verses ? 
What is meant by " have right to the tree of life % n 
What is the meaning of the sixteenth verse ? 
What of, " the Spirit and the bride say, Come 1" 
What of the eighteenth and nineteenth verses ? 
How should we be affected by the solemn close of 

this book 1 



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